diff --git a/app-dicts/gnome-dictionary/metadata.xml b/app-dicts/gnome-dictionary/metadata.xml
index 39980802b1da1..a7272621102ed 100644
--- a/app-dicts/gnome-dictionary/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-dicts/gnome-dictionary/metadata.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 	<email>gnome@gentoo.org</email>
 	<name>Gentoo GNOME Desktop</name>
 </maintainer>
+<slots>
+	<subslots>libgdict-1.0 soname version</subslots>
+</slots>
 </pkgmetadata>