diff --git a/sci-mathematics/octave/metadata.xml b/sci-mathematics/octave/metadata.xml
index ceea69671a7a6..1696a2f710135 100644
--- a/sci-mathematics/octave/metadata.xml
+++ b/sci-mathematics/octave/metadata.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   <flag name="glpk">Add support for <pkg>sci-libs/glpk</pkg> for linear programming</flag>
   <flag name="gui">Enable the graphical user interface</flag>
   <flag name="jit">(EXPERIMENTAL) enable JIT compiler</flag>
-  <flag name="qhull">Add support for <pkg>sci-libs/qhull</pkg>, to allow `delaunay', `convhull', and related functions</flag>
+  <flag name="qhull">Add support for <pkg>media-libs/qhull</pkg>, to allow `delaunay', `convhull', and related functions</flag>
   <flag name="qrupdate">Add support for <pkg>sci-libs/qrupdate</pkg>for QR and Cholesky update functions</flag>
   <flag name="sparse">Add enhanced support for sparse matrix algebra with SuiteSparse</flag>
 </use>