diff --git a/virtual/mta/mta-1-r1.ebuild b/virtual/mta/mta-1-r1.ebuild
index db846d7d44332..e045187253d9b 100644
--- a/virtual/mta/mta-1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/virtual/mta/mta-1-r1.ebuild
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ RDEPEND="|| (	mail-mta/nullmailer
 				mail-mta/netqmail
 				mail-mta/postfix
 				mail-mta/sendmail
-				mail-mta/opensmtpd )"
+				mail-mta/opensmtpd[mta] )"