diff --git a/games-engines/devilutionx/devilutionx-1.2.1-r1.ebuild b/games-engines/devilutionx/devilutionx-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
index 17884b883e855..9dd19f639bcb1 100644
--- a/games-engines/devilutionx/devilutionx-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/games-engines/devilutionx/devilutionx-1.2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE="debug lto"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/libsodium
+	dev-libs/libsodium:=
 	media-fonts/sil-charis
 	media-libs/libsdl2[haptic]
 	media-libs/sdl2-mixer
diff --git a/games-engines/devilutionx/devilutionx-9999.ebuild b/games-engines/devilutionx/devilutionx-9999.ebuild
index 17884b883e855..9dd19f639bcb1 100644
--- a/games-engines/devilutionx/devilutionx-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-engines/devilutionx/devilutionx-9999.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 IUSE="debug lto"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	dev-libs/libsodium
+	dev-libs/libsodium:=
 	media-fonts/sil-charis
 	media-libs/libsdl2[haptic]
 	media-libs/sdl2-mixer