diff --git a/net-ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd-3.0.5-r1.ebuild b/net-ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd-3.0.5-r1.ebuild
index 611d0d401aba2..2a99eb55f154f 100644
--- a/net-ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd-3.0.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd-3.0.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2022-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2022-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SRC_URI="https://security.appspot.com/downloads/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="pam ssl tcpd"
+IUSE="pam selinux ssl tcpd"
 
 DEPEND="
 	>=sys-libs/libcap-2
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ DEPEND="
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	net-ftp/ftpbase
+	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-ftp )
 "
 
 src_prepare() {
diff --git a/net-ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd-3.0.5-r2.ebuild b/net-ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd-3.0.5-r2.ebuild
index 1af50e8368a56..7a7fd45b70909 100644
--- a/net-ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd-3.0.5-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-ftp/vsftpd/vsftpd-3.0.5-r2.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SRC_URI="
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm ~arm64 ~hppa ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86"
-IUSE="pam ssl tcpd"
+IUSE="pam selinux ssl tcpd"
 
 DEPEND="
 	>=sys-libs/libcap-2
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ DEPEND="
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	net-ftp/ftpbase
+	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-ftp )
 "
 
 BDEPEND="verify-sig? ( sec-keys/openpgp-keys-vsftpd )"