diff --git a/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.22-r4.ebuild b/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.22-r4.ebuild
index e8f4a7949c495..b4d84d64c7d09 100644
--- a/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.22-r4.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.22-r4.ebuild
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	jpeg? ( virtual/jpeg:0 )
 	canna? ( app-i18n/canna )
 	!amd64? ( freewnn? ( app-i18n/freewnn ) )
-	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2
+	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:=
 	>=app-eselect/eselect-emacs-1.15"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.24.ebuild b/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.24.ebuild
index bfc36b12684f2..24fd39cf106bb 100644
--- a/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.24.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/xemacs/xemacs-21.4.24.ebuild
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	jpeg? ( virtual/jpeg:0 )
 	canna? ( app-i18n/canna )
 	!amd64? ( freewnn? ( app-i18n/freewnn ) )
-	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2
+	>=sys-libs/ncurses-5.2:=
 	>=app-eselect/eselect-emacs-1.15"
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}