diff --git a/packages/gentoo/mastodon-cpp-0.0.0.ebuild b/packages/gentoo/mastodon-cpp-0.0.0.ebuild
index 437a9af..87be06a 100644
--- a/packages/gentoo/mastodon-cpp-0.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/packages/gentoo/mastodon-cpp-0.0.0.ebuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS=""
 IUSE="doc debug examples"
 RDEPEND=">=dev-cpp/curlpp-0.7.3
-         examples? ( >=dev-libs/boost-1.63.0 )"
+         >=dev-libs/jsoncpp-1.8.1"
 DEPEND=">=dev-util/cmake-3.9.6
         doc? ( >=app-doc/doxygen-1.8.13-r1 )
         ${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/packages/gentoo/mastodon-cpp-9999.ebuild b/packages/gentoo/mastodon-cpp-9999.ebuild
index 906b019..5d4d275 100644
--- a/packages/gentoo/mastodon-cpp-9999.ebuild
+++ b/packages/gentoo/mastodon-cpp-9999.ebuild
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS=""
 IUSE="doc debug examples"
 RDEPEND=">=dev-cpp/curlpp-0.8.1
-         examples? ( >=dev-libs/boost-1.63.0 )"
+         >=dev-libs/jsoncpp-1.8.1"
 DEPEND=">=dev-util/cmake-3.9.6
         doc? ( >=app-doc/doxygen-1.8.13-r1 )
         ${RDEPEND}"