diff --git a/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.12.ebuild b/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.12.ebuild
index 13d4797c399f0..bcd44c849ea35 100644
--- a/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.12.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/elfutils-0.131
+	<=dev-libs/elfutils-0.177
 	sys-libs/zlib"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
diff --git a/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.13.ebuild b/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.13.ebuild
index 5af51df1a8e63..cb99e78f1ffbb 100644
--- a/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.13.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.13.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/elfutils-0.131
+	<=dev-libs/elfutils-0.177
 	sys-libs/zlib"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
diff --git a/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.15.ebuild b/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.15.ebuild
index c941fbf534749..d4a49fba59f59 100644
--- a/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.15.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-1.15.ebuild
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/elfutils-0.131
+	<=dev-libs/elfutils-0.177
 	sys-libs/zlib"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
diff --git a/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-9999.ebuild b/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-9999.ebuild
index ad35a947177e3..75a15ff54a89c 100644
--- a/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-9999.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/dwarves/dwarves-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
 
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
 	>=dev-libs/elfutils-0.131
+	<=dev-libs/elfutils-0.177
 	sys-libs/zlib"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"