diff --git a/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.3.1.ebuild b/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.3.1.ebuild
index a2928b53e2cf4..f8cf3ef33fa81 100644
--- a/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.3.1.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
 # $Id$
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="test examples mpi"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	sci-libs/hdf5:=[mpi=]
+	sci-libs/hdf5:=[mpi=,hl(+)]
 	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.4.0.ebuild b/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.4.0.ebuild
index cf1fab90a8942..50cbd30213d09 100644
--- a/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.4.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.4.0.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
 # $Id$
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="test examples mpi"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	sci-libs/hdf5:=[mpi=]
+	sci-libs/hdf5:=[mpi=,hl(+)]
 	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-python/setuptools[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.5.0.ebuild
index e73e79ed7c70c..e4f542d642caf 100644
--- a/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.5.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.5.0.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
 # $Id$
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="doc test examples mpi"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	sci-libs/hdf5:=[mpi=]
+	sci-libs/hdf5:=[mpi=,hl(+)]
 	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
diff --git a/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.6.0.ebuild
index 260b96496b86a..55e87936d68cb 100644
--- a/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/h5py/h5py-2.6.0.ebuild
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 IUSE="doc test examples mpi"
 
 RDEPEND="
-	sci-libs/hdf5:=[mpi=]
+	sci-libs/hdf5:=[mpi=,hl(+)]
 	dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
 	dev-python/six[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}