diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.0.0.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.0.0.ebuild
index 45d163cc880..1784438f285 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-6.0.0.ebuild
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 IUSE="X"
 
+# slot op: Qt6::WidgetsPrivate use
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus,gui,widgets]
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6=[dbus,gui,widgets]
 	=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${PVCUT}*:6[X?]
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
diff --git a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-9999.ebuild b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-9999.ebuild
index 8d179e90d28..ec80b8ef45f 100644
--- a/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-9999.ebuild
+++ b/kde-frameworks/kstatusnotifieritem/kstatusnotifieritem-9999.ebuild
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ LICENSE="LGPL-2+"
 KEYWORDS=""
 IUSE="X"
 
+# slot op: Qt6::WidgetsPrivate use
 RDEPEND="
-	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6[dbus,gui,widgets]
+	>=dev-qt/qtbase-${QTMIN}:6=[dbus,gui,widgets]
 	=kde-frameworks/kwindowsystem-${PVCUT}*:6[X?]
 "
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"