diff --git a/dev-util/devhelp/devhelp-3.36.2.ebuild b/dev-util/devhelp/devhelp-3.36.2.ebuild
index 6d708ca540bc6..3a4c40d359fd7 100644
--- a/dev-util/devhelp/devhelp-3.36.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/devhelp/devhelp-3.36.2.ebuild
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	gedit? (
 		${PYTHON_DEPS}
 		$(python_gen_cond_dep '
-			app-editors/gedit[introspection,python,${PYTHON_SINGLE_USEDEP}]
+			app-editors/gedit[introspection(+),python,${PYTHON_SINGLE_USEDEP}]
 			dev-python/pygobject:3[${PYTHON_MULTI_USEDEP}]
 		')
 	)