diff --git a/net-libs/onion/onion-0.8.ebuild b/net-libs/onion/onion-0.8.ebuild
index 2be5752a9a3d6..a283da472b815 100644
--- a/net-libs/onion/onion-0.8.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/onion/onion-0.8.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LICENSE="|| ( GPL-2+ Apache-2.0 ) AGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="
 	gnutls pam png jpeg xml systemd sqlite boehm-gc
-	test examples cxx -libev -libevent
+	test examples cxx libev libevent
 	redis
 "
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
diff --git a/net-libs/onion/onion-9999.ebuild b/net-libs/onion/onion-9999.ebuild
index 96a276b10f55b..10ba2b76bbf0a 100644
--- a/net-libs/onion/onion-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/onion/onion-9999.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LICENSE="|| ( GPL-2+ Apache-2.0 ) AGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="
 	gnutls pam png jpeg xml systemd sqlite boehm-gc
-	test examples cxx -libev -libevent
+	test examples cxx libev libevent
 	redis
 "
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"