diff --git a/dev-util/coccinelle/coccinelle-1.0.5.ebuild b/dev-util/coccinelle/coccinelle-1.0.5.ebuild
index d3c1815b1c8db..5d511dcf7a2a0 100644
--- a/dev-util/coccinelle/coccinelle-1.0.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/coccinelle/coccinelle-1.0.5.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CDEPEND=">=dev-lang/ocaml-3.12:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/parmap:=[ocamlopt?]
 	emacs? ( virtual/emacs )
 	ocaml? ( dev-ml/findlib:= )
-	pcre? ( dev-ml/pcre-ocaml:=[ocamlopt?] )
+	pcre? ( dev-ml/pcre-ocaml:=[ocamlopt(+)?] )
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 
 RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}
diff --git a/dev-util/coccinelle/coccinelle-1.0.6.ebuild b/dev-util/coccinelle/coccinelle-1.0.6.ebuild
index 642926fc3b56b..403ac36a8d1d8 100644
--- a/dev-util/coccinelle/coccinelle-1.0.6.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/coccinelle/coccinelle-1.0.6.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CDEPEND=">=dev-lang/ocaml-3.12:=[ocamlopt?]
 	dev-ml/parmap:=[ocamlopt?]
 	emacs? ( virtual/emacs )
 	ocaml? ( dev-ml/findlib:= )
-	pcre? ( dev-ml/pcre-ocaml:=[ocamlopt?] )
+	pcre? ( dev-ml/pcre-ocaml:=[ocamlopt(+)?] )
 	python? ( ${PYTHON_DEPS} )"
 
 RDEPEND="${CDEPEND}