diff --git a/media-libs/sdl-mixer/sdl-mixer-1.2.12_p20221010.ebuild b/media-libs/sdl-mixer/sdl-mixer-1.2.12_p20221010.ebuild
index 39392f11f6ea..adebabd2bffd 100644
--- a/media-libs/sdl-mixer/sdl-mixer-1.2.12_p20221010.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/sdl-mixer/sdl-mixer-1.2.12_p20221010.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 		mad? ( >=media-libs/libmad-0.15.1b-r8[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		smpeg? ( >=media-libs/smpeg-0.4.4-r10[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	)
+	playtools? (
+		!media-libs/sdl2-mixer[playtools]
+		!media-libs/sdl3-mixer[playtools]
+	)
 	vorbis? (
 		>=media-libs/libogg-1.3.0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 		>=media-libs/libvorbis-1.3.3-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/media-libs/sdl-mixer/sdl-mixer-1.2.12_p20240525.ebuild b/media-libs/sdl-mixer/sdl-mixer-1.2.12_p20240525.ebuild
index 3ff9094a7e3e..986b2be18b3d 100644
--- a/media-libs/sdl-mixer/sdl-mixer-1.2.12_p20240525.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/sdl-mixer/sdl-mixer-1.2.12_p20240525.ebuild
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 		mad? ( >=media-libs/libmad-0.15.1b-r8[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		smpeg? ( >=media-libs/smpeg-0.4.4-r10[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	)
+	playtools? (
+		!media-libs/sdl2-mixer[playtools]
+		!media-libs/sdl3-mixer[playtools]
+	)
 	vorbis? (
 		>=media-libs/libogg-1.3.0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
 		>=media-libs/libvorbis-1.3.3-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}]
diff --git a/media-libs/sdl2-mixer/sdl2-mixer-2.6.3-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/sdl2-mixer/sdl2-mixer-2.6.3-r1.ebuild
index 5c4b5784bf99..f61262cf9b87 100644
--- a/media-libs/sdl2-mixer/sdl2-mixer-2.6.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/sdl2-mixer/sdl2-mixer-2.6.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 	mod? ( >=media-libs/libmodplug-0.8.8.4-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	mp3? ( media-sound/mpg123[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	opus? ( >=media-libs/opusfile-0.2 )
+	playtools? (
+		!media-libs/sdl-mixer[playtools]
+		!media-libs/sdl3-mixer[playtools]
+	)
 	vorbis? (
 		tremor? ( >=media-libs/tremor-0_pre20130223[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 		!tremor? ( >=media-libs/libvorbis-1.3.3-r1[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
diff --git a/media-libs/sdl2-mixer/sdl2-mixer-2.8.1-r3.ebuild b/media-libs/sdl2-mixer/sdl2-mixer-2.8.1-r3.ebuild
index 007990fc93d6..c24fbb6b3dc8 100644
--- a/media-libs/sdl2-mixer/sdl2-mixer-2.8.1-r3.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/sdl2-mixer/sdl2-mixer-2.8.1-r3.ebuild
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 	)
 	mp3? ( media-sound/mpg123-base[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	opus? ( media-libs/opusfile[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	playtools? (
+		!media-libs/sdl-mixer[playtools]
+		!media-libs/sdl3-mixer[playtools]
+	)
 	vorbis? (
 		stb? ( dev-libs/stb )
 		tremor? ( media-libs/tremor[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
diff --git a/media-libs/sdl3-mixer/sdl3-mixer-3.0.0_pre20250404-r1.ebuild b/media-libs/sdl3-mixer/sdl3-mixer-3.0.0_pre20250404-r1.ebuild
index 07dab3efc25f..6de9e7040b6e 100644
--- a/media-libs/sdl3-mixer/sdl3-mixer-3.0.0_pre20250404-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/sdl3-mixer/sdl3-mixer-3.0.0_pre20250404-r1.ebuild
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ RDEPEND="
 	mod? ( media-libs/libxmp[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 
 	opus? ( media-libs/opusfile[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	playtools? (
+		!media-libs/sdl-mixer[playtools]
+		!media-libs/sdl2-mixer[playtools]
+	)
 	sndfile? ( media-libs/libsndfile[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	vorbis? (
 		tremor? ( media-libs/tremor[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )