diff --git a/net-analyzer/dirsearch/dirsearch-0.3.8-r1.ebuild b/net-analyzer/dirsearch/dirsearch-0.3.8-r1.ebuild
index 9b5500f6b..d8cc87cbc 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/dirsearch/dirsearch-0.3.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/dirsearch/dirsearch-0.3.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{5,6,7} )
-PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads"
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit eutils python-single-r1
 
diff --git a/net-analyzer/dirsearch/dirsearch-0.3.9.ebuild b/net-analyzer/dirsearch/dirsearch-0.3.9.ebuild
index 8a18d9365..a6a0f5be5 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/dirsearch/dirsearch-0.3.9.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/dirsearch/dirsearch-0.3.9.ebuild
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 EAPI=7
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{5,6,7,8} )
-PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads"
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="threads(+)"
 
 inherit eutils python-single-r1