diff --git a/net-wireless/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-2.8.ebuild b/net-wireless/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-2.8.ebuild
index 69128d52bd298..1f074fc490c4b 100644
--- a/net-wireless/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-2.8.ebuild
+++ b/net-wireless/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant-2.8.ebuild
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ fi
 
 SLOT="0"
 IUSE="ap bindist dbus eap-sim eapol_test fasteap +fils +hs2-0 libressl macsec p2p privsep ps3 qt5 readline selinux smartcard tdls uncommon-eap-types wimax wps kernel_linux kernel_FreeBSD"
+REQUIRED_USE="privsep? ( !macsec )"
 
 CDEPEND="dbus? ( sys-apps/dbus )
 	kernel_linux? (