diff --git a/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.5.ebuild b/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.5.ebuild
index e6c8880095b2f..641549bb91e30 100644
--- a/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.5.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.5.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI="7"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=
+DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=[static-libs(+)]
 	>=sys-libs/libselinux-${PV}:=
 	dev-libs/libpcre2:=
 	>=sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r10:="
diff --git a/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.6.ebuild b/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.6.ebuild
index 5e3f390c215e3..0d9e2e9534b41 100644
--- a/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.6.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.6.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
-DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=
+DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=[static-libs(+)]
 	>=sys-libs/libselinux-${PV}:=
 	dev-libs/libpcre2:=
 	>=sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r10:="
diff --git a/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.7.ebuild b/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.7-r1.ebuild
similarity index 95%
rename from sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.7.ebuild
rename to sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.7-r1.ebuild
index 184e156447123..feed71f68c77c 100644
--- a/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.7.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-3.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
-DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=
+DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=[static-libs(+)]
 	>=sys-libs/libselinux-${PV}:=
 	dev-libs/libpcre2:=
 	>=sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r10:="
diff --git a/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-9999.ebuild
index 184e156447123..feed71f68c77c 100644
--- a/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/mcstrans/mcstrans-9999.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 
-DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=
+DEPEND=">=sys-libs/libsepol-${PV}:=[static-libs(+)]
 	>=sys-libs/libselinux-${PV}:=
 	dev-libs/libpcre2:=
 	>=sys-libs/libcap-1.10-r10:="