diff --git a/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-2024.07.01.ebuild b/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-2024.07.01.ebuild
index 3a9d16acc2..7372dc2d49 100644
--- a/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-2024.07.01.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-2024.07.01.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 # this ebuild already unconditionally pulls in media-libs/alsa-lib.
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
-	media-libs/libsdl2[X,alsa,opengl?,sound,threads,video]
+	media-libs/libsdl2[X,alsa,opengl?,sound,threads(+),video]
 	media-libs/sdl2-net
 	net-libs/libpcap
 	sys-libs/zlib
diff --git a/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-9999.ebuild b/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-9999.ebuild
index 3a9d16acc2..7372dc2d49 100644
--- a/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-emulation/dosbox-x/dosbox-x-9999.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 # this ebuild already unconditionally pulls in media-libs/alsa-lib.
 COMMON_DEPEND="
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
-	media-libs/libsdl2[X,alsa,opengl?,sound,threads,video]
+	media-libs/libsdl2[X,alsa,opengl?,sound,threads(+),video]
 	media-libs/sdl2-net
 	net-libs/libpcap
 	sys-libs/zlib