diff --git a/games-emulation/vbam/vbam-2.0.0_beta2_p20161211.ebuild b/games-emulation/vbam/vbam-2.0.0_beta2_p20161211.ebuild
index 59f55d97503ce..6ad0a84135573 100644
--- a/games-emulation/vbam/vbam-2.0.0_beta2_p20161211.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/vbam/vbam-2.0.0_beta2_p20161211.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ IUSE="cairo ffmpeg gtk link lirc nls openal +sdl wxwidgets"
 REQUIRED_USE="|| ( sdl gtk wxwidgets )"
 
 RDEPEND="media-libs/libpng:0=
-	media-libs/libsdl[sound]
+	media-libs/libsdl2[sound]
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	virtual/glu
 	virtual/opengl
diff --git a/games-emulation/vbam/vbam-9999.ebuild b/games-emulation/vbam/vbam-9999.ebuild
index e198f3798ef02..031fcad2ba891 100644
--- a/games-emulation/vbam/vbam-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/vbam/vbam-9999.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ IUSE="cairo ffmpeg gtk link lirc nls openal +sdl wxwidgets"
 REQUIRED_USE="|| ( sdl gtk wxwidgets )"
 
 RDEPEND=">=media-libs/libpng-1.4:0=
-	media-libs/libsdl[joystick]
+	media-libs/libsdl2[joystick]
 	link? ( >=media-libs/libsfml-2.0:= )
 	sys-libs/zlib
 	virtual/glu