diff --git a/sci-visualization/epix/epix-1.2.11-r2.ebuild b/sci-visualization/epix/epix-1.2.11-r2.ebuild
index dd9b328f5f116..803e8966b92b9 100644
--- a/sci-visualization/epix/epix-1.2.11-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sci-visualization/epix/epix-1.2.11-r2.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	dev-texlive/texlive-pictures
 	dev-texlive/texlive-latexextra
 	dev-texlive/texlive-latexrecommended
-	emacs? ( virtual/emacs )"
+	emacs? ( >=app-editors/emacs-23.1:* )"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 SITEFILE=50${PN}-gentoo.el