diff --git a/dev-util/sysdig/sysdig-0.17.0.ebuild b/dev-util/sysdig/sysdig-0.17.0.ebuild
index ebc9e98519ac4..c636a7eb86dd4 100644
--- a/dev-util/sysdig/sysdig-0.17.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/sysdig/sysdig-0.17.0.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 	sys-libs/zlib:0=
 	dev-libs/openssl:0=
-	net-misc/curl:0="
+	<net-misc/curl-7.55:0="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-arch/xz-utils
 	virtual/os-headers"