diff --git a/app-alternatives/gpg/gpg-0.ebuild b/app-alternatives/gpg/gpg-0.ebuild
index 8715c060be65a..f71ced85b7ee1 100644
--- a/app-alternatives/gpg/gpg-0.ebuild
+++ b/app-alternatives/gpg/gpg-0.ebuild
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 ALTERNATIVES=(
-	"reference:app-crypt/gnupg[alternatives(-)]"
+	"reference:app-crypt/gnupg[alternatives(-),ssl?]"
 )
 
 inherit app-alternatives
 
 DESCRIPTION="gpg symlink"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
+IUSE="ssl"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	!app-crypt/gnupg[-alternatives(-)]
diff --git a/app-alternatives/gpg/gpg-1.ebuild b/app-alternatives/gpg/gpg-1.ebuild
index 7a8c283099212..e924d7967169a 100644
--- a/app-alternatives/gpg/gpg-1.ebuild
+++ b/app-alternatives/gpg/gpg-1.ebuild
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 EAPI=8
 
 ALTERNATIVES=(
-	"reference:app-crypt/gnupg[alternatives(-)]"
-	"freepg:app-crypt/freepg"
+	"reference:app-crypt/gnupg[alternatives(-),ssl?]"
+	"freepg:app-crypt/freepg[ssl?]"
 	"sequoia:app-crypt/sequoia-chameleon-gnupg"
 )
 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ inherit app-alternatives
 
 DESCRIPTION="gpg symlink"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="ssl"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	!app-crypt/gnupg[-alternatives(-)]