diff --git a/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.2.2_beta.ebuild b/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.2.2_beta.ebuild
index 7b40960636..e175581f87 100644
--- a/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.2.2_beta.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.2.2_beta.ebuild
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
-IUSE=""
-
-DEPEND="dev-libs/octetos-core dev-db/mariadb-connector-c"
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/octetos-core
+	dev-db/mariadb-connector-c
+	dev-db/mariadb:=
+"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=""
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MYP}"
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.3.2_alpha.ebuild b/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.3.2_alpha.ebuild
index 74a4905ad6..271a074263 100644
--- a/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.3.2_alpha.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.3.2_alpha.ebuild
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
-IUSE=""
-
-DEPEND="dev-libs/octetos-db dev-db/mariadb-connector-c"
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/octetos-db
+	dev-db/mariadb-connector-c
+	dev-db/mariadb:=
+"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=""
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MYP}"
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.4.2_alpha.ebuild b/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.4.2_alpha.ebuild
index 51290a5dea..7918b3a660 100644
--- a/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.4.2_alpha.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/octetos-db-maria/octetos-db-maria-1.4.2_alpha.ebuild
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
-IUSE=""
-
-DEPEND="dev-libs/octetos-db-abstract dev-db/mariadb-connector-c"
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/octetos-db-abstract
+	dev-db/mariadb-connector-c
+	dev-db/mariadb:=
+"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
-BDEPEND=""
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MYP}"