diff --git a/mail-client/mailspring-bin/mailspring-bin-1.8.0.ebuild b/mail-client/mailspring-bin/mailspring-bin-1.8.0.ebuild
index b59636be5d..a544d22bcc 100644
--- a/mail-client/mailspring-bin/mailspring-bin-1.8.0.ebuild
+++ b/mail-client/mailspring-bin/mailspring-bin-1.8.0.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libgcrypt
 	dev-libs/nss
 	dev-libs/openssl
+	dev-libs/openssl-compat
 	gnome-base/gconf
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
 	media-libs/libglvnd
diff --git a/mail-client/mailspring-bin/mailspring-bin-1.9.0.ebuild b/mail-client/mailspring-bin/mailspring-bin-1.9.0.ebuild
index b59636be5d..a544d22bcc 100644
--- a/mail-client/mailspring-bin/mailspring-bin-1.9.0.ebuild
+++ b/mail-client/mailspring-bin/mailspring-bin-1.9.0.ebuild
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libgcrypt
 	dev-libs/nss
 	dev-libs/openssl
+	dev-libs/openssl-compat
 	gnome-base/gconf
 	media-libs/alsa-lib
 	media-libs/libglvnd