diff --git a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20151218.ebuild b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20151218.ebuild
index 175a6c8feeaef..5fa872444895e 100644
--- a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20151218.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20151218.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # For released versions, we precompile the man/html pages and store
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ LIB_DEPEND="caps? ( sys-libs/libcap[static-libs(+)] )
 	ipv6? ( ssl? (
 		gcrypt? ( dev-libs/libgcrypt:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 		!gcrypt? (
-			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0[static-libs(+)] )
+			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 			libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl[static-libs(+)] )
 		)
 	) )"
diff --git a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20160308.ebuild b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20160308.ebuild
index b9e06d386f8cb..44e4b8cef396e 100644
--- a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20160308.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20160308.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # For released versions, we precompile the man/html pages and store
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LIB_DEPEND="caps? ( sys-libs/libcap[static-libs(+)] )
 		gcrypt? ( dev-libs/libgcrypt:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 		nettle? ( dev-libs/nettle[static-libs(+)] )
 		openssl? (
-			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0[static-libs(+)] )
+			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 			libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl[static-libs(+)] )
 		)
 	) )"
diff --git a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20161105.ebuild b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20161105.ebuild
index 1714b54c3e399..729a49fd3eb67 100644
--- a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20161105.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20161105.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # For released versions, we precompile the man/html pages and store
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ LIB_DEPEND="caps? ( sys-libs/libcap[static-libs(+)] )
 		gcrypt? ( dev-libs/libgcrypt:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 		nettle? ( dev-libs/nettle[static-libs(+)] )
 		openssl? (
-			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0[static-libs(+)] )
+			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 			libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl[static-libs(+)] )
 		)
 	) )"
diff --git a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20171016_pre.ebuild b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20171016_pre.ebuild
index 7d8c90d804830..8d339c898ed24 100644
--- a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20171016_pre.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-20171016_pre.ebuild
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ LIB_DEPEND="caps? ( sys-libs/libcap[static-libs(+)] )
 		gcrypt? ( dev-libs/libgcrypt:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 		nettle? ( dev-libs/nettle[static-libs(+)] )
 		openssl? (
-			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0[static-libs(+)] )
+			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 			libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl[static-libs(+)] )
 		)
 	) )"
diff --git a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-99999999.ebuild b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-99999999.ebuild
index 84d809667e598..e56a7e5363f9c 100644
--- a/net-misc/iputils/iputils-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/iputils/iputils-99999999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 # For released versions, we precompile the man/html pages and store
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ LIB_DEPEND="caps? ( sys-libs/libcap[static-libs(+)] )
 		gcrypt? ( dev-libs/libgcrypt:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 		nettle? ( dev-libs/nettle[static-libs(+)] )
 		openssl? (
-			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0[static-libs(+)] )
+			!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:0=[static-libs(+)] )
 			libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl[static-libs(+)] )
 		)
 	) )"