diff --git a/dev-qt/qtcore/qtcore-5.6.0.ebuild b/dev-qt/qtcore/qtcore-5.6.0.ebuild
index 8e344ed256869..4f64f5bb2b29f 100644
--- a/dev-qt/qtcore/qtcore-5.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-qt/qtcore/qtcore-5.6.0.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ IUSE="icu systemd"
 
 DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/glib:2
-	>=dev-libs/libpcre-8.35[pcre16]
+	>=dev-libs/libpcre-8.38[pcre16,unicode]
 	>=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.5
 	virtual/libiconv
 	icu? ( dev-libs/icu:= )