diff --git a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.10.0.ebuild b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.10.0.ebuild
index d73ff9bd71a21..e01c9b7fc85e5 100644
--- a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.10.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.10.0.ebuild
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="static-libs"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2"
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2
+	virtual/libgudev:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-util/gtk-doc-am
-	virtual/libgudev
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] && DEPEND+=" dev-util/gtk-doc" #469214
 
diff --git a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.12.2.ebuild b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.12.2.ebuild
index 76fb367b6321a..d6c6a0fe90eb5 100644
--- a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.12.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.12.2.ebuild
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="static-libs"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2"
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2
+	virtual/libgudev:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-util/gtk-doc-am
-	virtual/libgudev
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] && DEPEND+=" dev-util/gtk-doc" #469214
 
diff --git a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.12.4.ebuild b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.12.4.ebuild
index ba6f2369be235..8dea354c780b6 100644
--- a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.12.4.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.12.4.ebuild
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="static-libs"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2"
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2
+	virtual/libgudev:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-util/gtk-doc-am
-	virtual/libgudev
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] && DEPEND+=" dev-util/gtk-doc" #469214
 
diff --git a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.14.0.ebuild b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.14.0.ebuild
index c087ed4f2905b..058610c19c029 100644
--- a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.14.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.14.0.ebuild
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 ~arm ~mips ~ppc64 x86"
 IUSE="static-libs udev"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2"
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2
+	udev? ( virtual/libgudev:= )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	udev? ( virtual/libgudev )
 	dev-util/gtk-doc-am
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
diff --git a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.6.0.ebuild b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.6.0.ebuild
index ec943cf0da9bb..53d8fa220fad7 100644
--- a/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/net-libs/libmbim/libmbim-1.6.0.ebuild
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="doc static-libs test"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32"
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/glib-2.32
+	virtual/libgudev:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
-	virtual/libgudev
 	doc? ( dev-util/gtk-doc )
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] && DEPEND+=" dev-util/gtk-doc" #469214