diff --git a/app-admin/logsentry/logsentry-1.1.1-r2.ebuild b/app-admin/logsentry/logsentry-1.1.1-r2.ebuild
index 7d4b1f56c3b7c..3613336e1ebdb 100644
--- a/app-admin/logsentry/logsentry-1.1.1-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/logsentry/logsentry-1.1.1-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@ S="${WORKDIR}"/logcheck-${PV}
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm ~mips ppc ~s390 sparc x86"
+IUSE="selinux"
 
-RDEPEND="virtual/mailx"
+RDEPEND="
+	virtual/mailx
+	selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-logsentry )
+"
 
 src_compile() {
 	einfo "compile and install mixed in the package makefile"