diff --git a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.10-r1.ebuild b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.10-r1.ebuild
index bc15833727aa6..16e6e003e3b6f 100644
--- a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.10-r1.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.10-r1.ebuild
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE="pulseaudio"
 
-RDEPEND="dev-libs/confuse
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/confuse:=
 	dev-libs/libnl:3
 	>=dev-libs/yajl-2.0.2
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
diff --git a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.7.ebuild b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.7.ebuild
index bf07eaa423f89..d175469f03c26 100644
--- a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.7.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.7.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-RDEPEND="dev-libs/confuse
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/confuse:=
 	>=dev-libs/yajl-2.0.2
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
 	net-wireless/wireless-tools"
diff --git a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.8.ebuild b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.8.ebuild
index febb8e24c4a13..b594bbd79f53b 100644
--- a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.8.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.8.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2014 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-RDEPEND="dev-libs/confuse
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/confuse:=
 	>=dev-libs/yajl-2.0.2
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
 	net-wireless/wireless-tools"
diff --git a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.9.ebuild b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.9.ebuild
index 7fc35460ff48d..b594bbd79f53b 100644
--- a/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.9.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/i3status/i3status-2.9.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2015 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-RDEPEND="dev-libs/confuse
+RDEPEND="dev-libs/confuse:=
 	>=dev-libs/yajl-2.0.2
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
 	net-wireless/wireless-tools"