diff --git a/net-analyzer/netdata/netdata-1.22.1-r1.ebuild b/net-analyzer/netdata/netdata-1.22.1-r1.ebuild
index 16f4f10782759..3b6458e2fb4ee 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/netdata/netdata-1.22.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/netdata/netdata-1.22.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libuv
 	compression? ( sys-libs/zlib )
 	ipmi? ( sys-libs/freeipmi )
-	jsonc? ( dev-libs/json-c )
+	jsonc? ( dev-libs/json-c:= )
 	kinesis? ( dev-libs/aws-sdk-cpp[kinesis] )
 	mongodb? ( dev-libs/mongo-c-driver )
 	nfacct? (
diff --git a/net-analyzer/netdata/netdata-9999.ebuild b/net-analyzer/netdata/netdata-9999.ebuild
index 16f4f10782759..3b6458e2fb4ee 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/netdata/netdata-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/netdata/netdata-9999.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libuv
 	compression? ( sys-libs/zlib )
 	ipmi? ( sys-libs/freeipmi )
-	jsonc? ( dev-libs/json-c )
+	jsonc? ( dev-libs/json-c:= )
 	kinesis? ( dev-libs/aws-sdk-cpp[kinesis] )
 	mongodb? ( dev-libs/mongo-c-driver )
 	nfacct? (