diff --git a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.17.ebuild b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.17.ebuild
index 7024abf427245..b60ff810c22df 100644
--- a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.17.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.17.ebuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ IUSE="ipv6 +perl selinux ssl socks5 +proxy libressl"
 CDEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.6.0
 	ssl? ( !libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= ) libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= ) )
-	perl? ( dev-lang/perl )
+	perl? ( dev-lang/perl:= )
 	socks5? ( >=net-proxy/dante-1.1.18 )"
 
 DEPEND="
diff --git a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.18.ebuild b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.18.ebuild
index 739285a4fc3df..dbf8ae89d3cd6 100644
--- a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.18.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.18.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ CDEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 		!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= )
 		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
 	)
-	perl? ( dev-lang/perl )
+	perl? ( dev-lang/perl:= )
 	socks5? ( >=net-proxy/dante-1.1.18 )"
 
 DEPEND="
diff --git a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.19.ebuild b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.19.ebuild
index 7bf62bbff54d4..71b1fc67b78c0 100644
--- a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.19.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-0.8.19.ebuild
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ CDEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 		!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= )
 		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
 	)
-	perl? ( dev-lang/perl )
+	perl? ( dev-lang/perl:= )
 	socks5? ( >=net-proxy/dante-1.1.18 )"
 
 DEPEND="
diff --git a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-9999.ebuild b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-9999.ebuild
index 3ddf32d93816f..5b95edc34a732 100644
--- a/net-irc/irssi/irssi-9999.ebuild
+++ b/net-irc/irssi/irssi-9999.ebuild
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ CDEPEND="sys-libs/ncurses:0=
 		!libressl? ( dev-libs/openssl:= )
 		libressl? ( dev-libs/libressl:= )
 	)
-	perl? ( dev-lang/perl )
+	perl? ( dev-lang/perl:= )
 	socks5? ( >=net-proxy/dante-1.1.18 )"
 
 DEPEND="