diff --git a/devel/rubygem-rb-inotify/Makefile b/devel/rubygem-rb-inotify/Makefile
index 99932c867f8a..d3fd8039da43 100644
--- a/devel/rubygem-rb-inotify/Makefile
+++ b/devel/rubygem-rb-inotify/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ COMMENT=	Ruby wrapper for libinotify, using ffi
 LICENSE=	MIT
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libinotify.so:devel/libinotify
-RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-ffi>=1.0:devel/rubygem-ffi
+RUN_DEPENDS=	rubygem-ffi>=1.0<2:devel/rubygem-ffi
 
 USES=		gem
 USE_RUBY=	yes