diff --git a/media-tv/tvheadend/tvheadend-9999.ebuild b/media-tv/tvheadend/tvheadend-9999.ebuild
index e01b8f79a4a11..e9692775e1402 100644
--- a/media-tv/tvheadend/tvheadend-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-tv/tvheadend/tvheadend-9999.ebuild
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	virtual/libiconv
 	dbus? ( sys-apps/dbus )
 	dvbcsa? ( media-libs/libdvbcsa )
-	ffmpeg? ( media-video/ffmpeg:0=[opus?,vpx?,x264?,x265?] )
+	ffmpeg? ( <media-video/ffmpeg-5:=[opus?,vpx?,x264?,x265?] )
 	hdhomerun? ( media-libs/libhdhomerun )
 	dev-libs/openssl:0=
 	uriparser? ( dev-libs/uriparser )