diff --git a/net-mail/mairix/mairix-0.24.ebuild b/net-mail/mairix/mairix-0.24.ebuild
index 0c22c1efcf126..29589d0f3a642 100644
--- a/net-mail/mairix/mairix-0.24.ebuild
+++ b/net-mail/mairix/mairix-0.24.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RDEPEND="zlib? ( sys-libs/zlib )
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-alternatives/lex
-	sys-devel/bison"
+	app-alternatives/yacc"
 
 # Fail on various locales
 RESTRICT="test"