diff --git a/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/hexchat-javascript-0.3.1.ebuild b/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/hexchat-javascript-0.3.1.ebuild
index 61eb3076322dc..a3ad91cf181ec 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/hexchat-javascript-0.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/hexchat-javascript-0.3.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="examples"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-lang/spidermonkey:0
-	>=net-irc/hexchat-2.9.6[plugins]"
+	>=net-irc/hexchat-2.9.6[plugins(+)]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
diff --git a/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/hexchat-javascript-0.3.2.ebuild b/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/hexchat-javascript-0.3.2.ebuild
index 71586dc811f61..52628c22e1d9b 100644
--- a/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/hexchat-javascript-0.3.2.ebuild
+++ b/x11-plugins/hexchat-javascript/hexchat-javascript-0.3.2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="examples"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	dev-lang/spidermonkey:0
-	>=net-irc/hexchat-2.9.6[plugins]"
+	>=net-irc/hexchat-2.9.6[plugins(+)]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"