diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.10-r1.ebuild b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.10-r1.ebuild
index bbc68548f3048..5715577a33622 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.10-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.7.10-r1.ebuild
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-arch/bzip2
 		) )
 		gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm[berkdb] )
 		ncurses? (
-			>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2
+			>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:0
 			readline? ( >=sys-libs/readline-4.1 )
 		)
 		sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3.3.8:3 )
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-3.3.5-r1.ebuild b/dev-lang/python/python-3.3.5-r1.ebuild
index c790c996d6754..37e68f3b95fdf 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-3.3.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-3.3.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-arch/bzip2
 	!build? (
 		gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm[berkdb] )
 		ncurses? (
-			>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2
+			>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:0
 			readline? ( >=sys-libs/readline-4.1 )
 		)
 		sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3.3.8:3 )
diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-3.4.3.ebuild b/dev-lang/python/python-3.4.3.ebuild
index 11498ce369874..67231a25b4290 100644
--- a/dev-lang/python/python-3.4.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-3.4.3.ebuild
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ RDEPEND="app-arch/bzip2
 	!build? (
 		gdbm? ( sys-libs/gdbm[berkdb] )
 		ncurses? (
-			>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2
+			>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:0
 			readline? ( >=sys-libs/readline-4.1 )
 		)
 		sqlite? ( >=dev-db/sqlite-3.3.8:3 )