diff --git a/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-16.30.1.ebuild b/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-16.30.1.ebuild
index 8cad2f60a4650..b2a0d086ac1e7 100644
--- a/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-16.30.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-16.30.1.ebuild
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ DEPEND="acct-user/asterisk
 "
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	net-misc/asterisk-base
 	net-misc/asterisk-core-sounds
 	net-misc/asterisk-extra-sounds
 	net-misc/asterisk-moh-opsound
 	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-asterisk )
 	syslog? ( virtual/logger )"
+PDEPEND="net-misc/asterisk-base"
 
 BDEPEND="dev-libs/libxml2:2
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
diff --git a/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-18.18.1.ebuild b/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-18.18.1.ebuild
index 72c2d1bb8c171..3f42474634855 100644
--- a/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-18.18.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-18.18.1.ebuild
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ DEPEND="acct-user/asterisk
 "
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	net-misc/asterisk-base
 	net-misc/asterisk-core-sounds
 	net-misc/asterisk-extra-sounds
 	net-misc/asterisk-moh-opsound
 	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-asterisk )
 	syslog? ( virtual/logger )"
+PDEPEND="net-misc/asterisk-base"
 
 BDEPEND="dev-libs/libxml2:2
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
diff --git a/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-20.3.1.ebuild b/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-20.3.1.ebuild
index f5f88881f09f3..080afa1dc8ea7 100644
--- a/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-20.3.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/asterisk/asterisk-20.3.1.ebuild
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@ DEPEND="acct-user/asterisk
 "
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
-	net-misc/asterisk-base
 	net-misc/asterisk-core-sounds
 	net-misc/asterisk-extra-sounds
 	net-misc/asterisk-moh-opsound
 	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-asterisk )"
+PDEPEND="net-misc/asterisk-base"
 
 BDEPEND="dev-libs/libxml2:2
 	virtual/pkgconfig"