diff --git a/gui-apps/noctalia-shell/noctalia-shell-5.0.0_pre20260523.ebuild b/gui-apps/noctalia-shell/noctalia-shell-5.0.0_pre20260523.ebuild
index 0e8235f97e..12ab80f2e3 100644
--- a/gui-apps/noctalia-shell/noctalia-shell-5.0.0_pre20260523.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/noctalia-shell/noctalia-shell-5.0.0_pre20260523.ebuild
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	virtual/opengl
 	dev-libs/wayland
 	sys-auth/polkit
-	jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc )
+	jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc:= )
 "
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
diff --git a/gui-apps/noctalia-shell/noctalia-shell-5.0.0_pre99999999.ebuild b/gui-apps/noctalia-shell/noctalia-shell-5.0.0_pre99999999.ebuild
index f78c7bfc9b..cf33e67add 100644
--- a/gui-apps/noctalia-shell/noctalia-shell-5.0.0_pre99999999.ebuild
+++ b/gui-apps/noctalia-shell/noctalia-shell-5.0.0_pre99999999.ebuild
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	virtual/opengl
 	dev-libs/wayland
 	sys-auth/polkit
-	jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc )
+	jemalloc? ( dev-libs/jemalloc:= )
 "
 
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"