diff --git a/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-4.0.0-r2.ebuild b/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-4.0.0-r3.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from net-p2p/transmission/transmission-4.0.0-r2.ebuild
rename to net-p2p/transmission/transmission-4.0.0-r3.ebuild
index 7001a005404dd..0187206cccdfe 100644
--- a/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-4.0.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-4.0.0-r3.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 COMMON_DEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/libevent-2.1.0:=
+	>=dev-libs/libevent-2.1.0:=[threads(+)]
 	!mbedtls? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
 	mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:0= )
 	net-libs/libnatpmp
diff --git a/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-9999.ebuild b/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-9999.ebuild
index 741de5688e3b2..a4bc807ed3ace 100644
--- a/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/transmission/transmission-9999.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 	)
 "
 COMMON_DEPEND="
-	>=dev-libs/libevent-2.1.0:=
+	>=dev-libs/libevent-2.1.0:=[threads(+)]
 	!mbedtls? ( dev-libs/openssl:0= )
 	mbedtls? ( net-libs/mbedtls:0= )
 	net-libs/libnatpmp