diff --git a/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.7.1.ebuild b/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.7.1.ebuild
index 1ace9deccc3a4..954d08126e2e2 100644
--- a/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.7.1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.7.1.ebuild
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )
-	yaml? ( >=dev-libs/libyaml-0.2.3 )
+	yaml? ( >=dev-libs/libyaml-0.2.3[static-libs?] )
 "
 DEPEND="
 	${RDEPEND}