diff --git a/dev-lang/php/php-5.6.15.ebuild b/dev-lang/php/php-5.6.15.ebuild
index 776f4f913228b..ae9e80d7ce047 100644
--- a/dev-lang/php/php-5.6.15.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/php/php-5.6.15.ebuild
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
 	oci8-instant-client? ( dev-db/oracle-instantclient-basic )
 	odbc? ( >=dev-db/unixODBC-1.8.13 )
-	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql )
+	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql:* )
 	qdbm? ( dev-db/qdbm )
 	readline? ( sys-libs/readline )
 	recode? ( app-text/recode )
diff --git a/dev-lang/php/php-7.0.0_rc5.ebuild b/dev-lang/php/php-7.0.0_rc5.ebuild
index 5dd58ce2c2e1a..32c535ff729ab 100644
--- a/dev-lang/php/php-7.0.0_rc5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/php/php-7.0.0_rc5.ebuild
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	nls? ( sys-devel/gettext )
 	oci8-instant-client? ( dev-db/oracle-instantclient-basic )
 	odbc? ( >=dev-db/unixODBC-1.8.13 )
-	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql )
+	postgres? ( dev-db/postgresql:* )
 	qdbm? ( dev-db/qdbm )
 	readline? ( sys-libs/readline )
 	recode? ( app-text/recode )