diff --git a/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-16.6.ebuild b/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-16.6.ebuild
index 2257f3eafb..d0e6d0cc8d 100644
--- a/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-16.6.ebuild
+++ b/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-16.6.ebuild
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	websockets? ( net-libs/libwebsockets[client] )
 	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf
 	x11-libs/libnotify
+	<=x11-libs/libX11-1.8.2
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="
diff --git a/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-9999.ebuild b/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-9999.ebuild
index 0bd1bfd48e..2f3dd8c1bd 100644
--- a/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-9999.ebuild
+++ b/games-action/ddnet/ddnet-9999.ebuild
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	websockets? ( net-libs/libwebsockets[client] )
 	x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf
 	x11-libs/libnotify
+	<=x11-libs/libX11-1.8.2
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="