diff --git a/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.27-r1.ebuild b/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.27-r1.ebuild
index 9e924408f7e66..bc2da1f331892 100644
--- a/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.27-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.27-r1.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ CDEPEND="
 		>=net-nds/openldap-2.1.30-r1
 		dev-libs/cyrus-sasl
 	)
-	pam? ( virtual/pam )
+	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
 	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl )
 	skey? ( >=sys-auth/skey-1.1.5-r1 )
 	sssd? ( sys-auth/sssd[sudo] )
diff --git a/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.28_rc2.ebuild b/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.28_rc2.ebuild
index 9b6e0c6e90313..023e5a069d09c 100644
--- a/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.28_rc2.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/sudo/sudo-1.8.28_rc2.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ DEPEND="
 		>=net-nds/openldap-2.1.30-r1
 		dev-libs/cyrus-sasl
 	)
-	pam? ( virtual/pam )
+	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
 	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl )
 	skey? ( >=sys-auth/skey-1.1.5-r1 )
 	sssd? ( sys-auth/sssd[sudo] )
diff --git a/app-admin/sudo/sudo-9999.ebuild b/app-admin/sudo/sudo-9999.ebuild
index 9b6e0c6e90313..023e5a069d09c 100644
--- a/app-admin/sudo/sudo-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/sudo/sudo-9999.ebuild
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ DEPEND="
 		>=net-nds/openldap-2.1.30-r1
 		dev-libs/cyrus-sasl
 	)
-	pam? ( virtual/pam )
+	pam? ( sys-libs/pam )
 	sasl? ( dev-libs/cyrus-sasl )
 	skey? ( >=sys-auth/skey-1.1.5-r1 )
 	sssd? ( sys-auth/sssd[sudo] )