diff --git a/dev-util/libabigail/libabigail-2.1-r1.ebuild b/dev-util/libabigail/libabigail-2.1-r1.ebuild
index fb2e698ad1100..dec332c4e0270 100644
--- a/dev-util/libabigail/libabigail-2.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/libabigail/libabigail-2.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? (
-		app-doc/doxygen
+		app-doc/doxygen[dot]
 		dev-python/sphinx
 		sys-apps/texinfo
 	)
diff --git a/dev-util/libabigail/libabigail-2.2.ebuild b/dev-util/libabigail/libabigail-2.2.ebuild
index cfaccef7ea23f..e57b7f1c2158b 100644
--- a/dev-util/libabigail/libabigail-2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/libabigail/libabigail-2.2.ebuild
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
 	virtual/pkgconfig
 	doc? (
-		app-doc/doxygen
+		app-doc/doxygen[dot]
 		dev-python/sphinx
 		sys-apps/texinfo
 	)