diff --git a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.26.0_p20130922.ebuild b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.26.0_p20130922.ebuild
index 6f1b76cd9925f..5179d2247b357 100644
--- a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.26.0_p20130922.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.26.0_p20130922.ebuild
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ COMMON="
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	hls? (
 		media-libs/faac:=
-		media-libs/libvpx:=
+		<media-libs/libvpx-1.5.0:=
 		>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20111220:=
 		>=media-sound/lame-3.93.1
 	)
diff --git a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150627.ebuild b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150627.ebuild
index 055bbe943aa52..0cca4c54f9639 100644
--- a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150627.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150627.ebuild
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ COMMON="
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	hls? (
 		media-libs/faac:=
-		media-libs/libvpx:=
+		<media-libs/libvpx-1.5.0:=
 		>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20111220:=
 		>=media-sound/lame-3.93.1
 	)
diff --git a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150904-r1.ebuild b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150904-r1.ebuild
index 05358ad15155e..bd36fa04286e5 100644
--- a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150904-r1.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150904-r1.ebuild
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ COMMON="
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	hls? (
 		media-libs/faac:=
-		media-libs/libvpx:=
+		<media-libs/libvpx-1.5.0:=
 		>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20111220:=
 	)
 	ieee1394? (
diff --git a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150904-r2.ebuild b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150904-r2.ebuild
index b64da037933a2..73dd97066bf72 100644
--- a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150904-r2.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20150904-r2.ebuild
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ COMMON="
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	hls? (
 		media-libs/faac:=
-		media-libs/libvpx:=
+		<media-libs/libvpx-1.5.0:=
 		>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20111220:=
 	)
 	ieee1394? (
diff --git a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20151025.ebuild b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20151025.ebuild
index 3b2a282d32156..25e3669d58c94 100644
--- a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20151025.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27.5_p20151025.ebuild
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ COMMON="
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	hls? (
 		media-libs/faac:=
-		media-libs/libvpx:=
+		<media-libs/libvpx-1.5.0:=
 		>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20111220:=
 	)
 	ieee1394? (
diff --git a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27_p20140321.ebuild b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27_p20140321.ebuild
index 1f242f93b05a0..a050f3e997e36 100644
--- a/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27_p20140321.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/mythtv/mythtv-0.27_p20140321.ebuild
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ COMMON="
 	fftw? ( sci-libs/fftw:3.0= )
 	hls? (
 		media-libs/faac:=
-		media-libs/libvpx:=
+		<media-libs/libvpx-1.5.0:=
 		>=media-libs/x264-0.0.20111220:=
 		>=media-sound/lame-3.93.1
 	)