diff --git a/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-16.09.ebuild b/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-16.09.ebuild
index 99e4a3aabcc2a..f313dbb0deb3f 100644
--- a/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-16.09.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-16.09.ebuild
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	>=dev-erlang/stringprep-1.0.6
 	>=dev-erlang/stun-1.0.7
 	>=dev-lang/erlang-17.1[hipe?,odbc?,ssl]
+	!>=dev-lang/erlang-20.0
 	>=net-im/jabber-base-0.01
 	ldap? ( =net-nds/openldap-2* )
 	mysql? ( >=dev-erlang/p1_mysql-1.0.1 )
diff --git a/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-17.01-r2.ebuild b/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-17.01-r2.ebuild
index 7bada46b7dc23..ec624d2c53380 100644
--- a/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-17.01-r2.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-17.01-r2.ebuild
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	>=dev-erlang/stun-1.0.9
 	>=dev-erlang/xmpp-1.1.6
 	>=dev-lang/erlang-17.1[hipe?,odbc?,ssl]
+	!>=dev-lang/erlang-20.0
 	>=net-im/jabber-base-0.01
 	ldap? ( =net-nds/openldap-2* )
 	mysql? ( >=dev-erlang/p1_mysql-1.0.2 )
diff --git a/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-17.04-r1.ebuild b/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-17.04-r1.ebuild
index 729fae6076e29..5ca27008f2c4b 100644
--- a/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-17.04-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-im/ejabberd/ejabberd-17.04-r1.ebuild
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 	>=dev-erlang/stun-1.0.10
 	>=dev-erlang/xmpp-1.1.9
 	>=dev-lang/erlang-17.1[hipe?,odbc?,ssl]
+	!>=dev-lang/erlang-20.0
 	>=net-im/jabber-base-0.01
 	ldap? ( =net-nds/openldap-2* )
 	mysql? ( >=dev-erlang/p1_mysql-1.0.2 )