diff --git a/dev-python/pip/pip-10.0.1.ebuild b/dev-python/pip/pip-10.0.1.ebuild
index bd0c75e2b3912..1c8ccb3f9a7fa 100644
--- a/dev-python/pip/pip-10.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/pip/pip-10.0.1.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=6
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python2_7 python3_{4,5,6} pypy{,3} )
-PYTHON_REQ_USE="ssl,threads(+)"
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="ssl(+),threads(+)"
 
 inherit eutils bash-completion-r1 distutils-r1