diff --git a/devel/py-columnize/Makefile b/devel/py-columnize/Makefile
index fd7f86d51ff1..fc8ab6f9245c 100644
--- a/devel/py-columnize/Makefile
+++ b/devel/py-columnize/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ USE_PYTHON=	autoplist distutils
 .if ${PYTHON_MAJOR_VER} == "3"
 EXTRA_PATCHES=      ${FILESDIR}/extra-patch-____pkginfo____.py
 .else
-MY_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}backports.shutil_get_terminal_size=1.0:devel/py-backports.shutil_get_terminal_size@${FLAVOR}
+MY_DEPENDS+=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}backports.shutil_get_terminal_size>=1.0:devel/py-backports.shutil_get_terminal_size@${FLAVOR}
 .endif
 
 .include <bsd.port.post.mk>