diff --git a/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.0.ebuild b/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.0.ebuild
index 119c3deceb5b0..550301780889b 100644
--- a/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="7"
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="!net-misc/openswan
 	caps? ( sys-libs/libcap )
 	curl? ( net-misc/curl )
 	ldap? ( net-nds/openldap )
-	openssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8:=[-bindist] )
+	openssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8:=[-bindist(-)] )
 	mysql? ( dev-db/mysql-connector-c:= )
 	sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3.3.1 )
 	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )
diff --git a/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.1.ebuild b/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.1.ebuild
index b7b28afa8ea20..cd1ecbe44da20 100644
--- a/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.1.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="non-root? (
 	caps? ( sys-libs/libcap )
 	curl? ( net-misc/curl )
 	ldap? ( net-nds/openldap )
-	openssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8:=[-bindist] )
+	openssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8:=[-bindist(-)] )
 	mysql? ( dev-db/mysql-connector-c:= )
 	sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3.3.1 )
 	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )
diff --git a/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.2.ebuild b/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.2.ebuild
index b7b28afa8ea20..cd1ecbe44da20 100644
--- a/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-vpn/strongswan/strongswan-5.9.2.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ COMMON_DEPEND="non-root? (
 	caps? ( sys-libs/libcap )
 	curl? ( net-misc/curl )
 	ldap? ( net-nds/openldap )
-	openssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8:=[-bindist] )
+	openssl? ( >=dev-libs/openssl-0.9.8:=[-bindist(-)] )
 	mysql? ( dev-db/mysql-connector-c:= )
 	sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3.3.1 )
 	systemd? ( sys-apps/systemd )