diff --git a/media-radio/qsstv/qsstv-9.5.3.ebuild b/media-radio/qsstv/qsstv-9.5.3.ebuild
index 36c2667badf19..3263804c9f8af 100644
--- a/media-radio/qsstv/qsstv-9.5.3.ebuild
+++ b/media-radio/qsstv/qsstv-9.5.3.ebuild
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ CDEPEND="dev-qt/qtcore:5
 	media-libs/hamlib:=
 	media-libs/openjpeg:2
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
-	media-sound/pulseaudio
 	media-libs/libv4l
-	sci-libs/fftw:3.0="
+	sci-libs/fftw:3.0=
+	|| (
+		media-sound/pulseaudio
+		media-sound/apulse[sdk]
+	)"
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
diff --git a/media-radio/qsstv/qsstv-9.5.8.ebuild b/media-radio/qsstv/qsstv-9.5.8.ebuild
index de2ebbcf697b7..2b319e4ee0ebc 100644
--- a/media-radio/qsstv/qsstv-9.5.8.ebuild
+++ b/media-radio/qsstv/qsstv-9.5.8.ebuild
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@ CDEPEND="dev-qt/qtcore:5
 	media-libs/hamlib:=
 	media-libs/openjpeg:2
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
-	media-sound/pulseaudio
 	media-libs/libv4l
-	sci-libs/fftw:3.0="
+	sci-libs/fftw:3.0=
+	|| (
+		media-sound/pulseaudio
+		media-sound/apulse[sdk]
+	)"
 DEPEND="${CDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}