diff --git a/sci-mathematics/flint/flint-2.3.ebuild b/sci-mathematics/flint/flint-2.3.ebuild
index 92e95534745ea..3527a53b6ad26 100644
--- a/sci-mathematics/flint/flint-2.3.ebuild
+++ b/sci-mathematics/flint/flint-2.3.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2013 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Id$
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND="dev-libs/mpfr
+DEPEND="dev-libs/mpfr:0
 	dev-libs/ntl
 	sci-libs/mpir
 	"