diff --git a/dev-python/nassl/nassl-0.12.ebuild b/dev-python/nassl/nassl-0.12.ebuild
index 6ca6c36c1..076eecf95 100644
--- a/dev-python/nassl/nassl-0.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/nassl/nassl-0.12.ebuild
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
 IUSE=""
 
-DEPEND="dev-libs/openssl
+DEPEND="dev-libs/openssl:0=[zlib]
 	sys-libs/zlib"
 RDEPEND=""