diff --git a/dev-lisp/ecls/ecls-16.1.3-r1.ebuild b/dev-lisp/ecls/ecls-16.1.3-r1.ebuild
index 10a68d741ee7e..864fb47fc1214 100644
--- a/dev-lisp/ecls/ecls-16.1.3-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lisp/ecls/ecls-16.1.3-r1.ebuild
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ KEYWORDS="amd64 ~ppc ~sparc x86"
 IUSE="cxx debug emacs gengc precisegc cpu_flags_x86_sse +threads +unicode +libatomic X"
 
 CDEPEND="dev-libs/gmp:0=
-		dev-libs/libffi=
+		dev-libs/libffi:=
 		libatomic? ( dev-libs/libatomic_ops )
 		>=dev-libs/boehm-gc-7.1[threads?]
 		>=dev-lisp/asdf-2.33-r3:="