diff --git a/mail/thunderbird/DEPENDS b/mail/thunderbird/DEPENDS
index f9abd5ad4a5..835093a1a69 100644
--- a/mail/thunderbird/DEPENDS
+++ b/mail/thunderbird/DEPENDS
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ optional_depends "libffi" "" "" "Use system libffi instead of compiling the one
 optional_depends "startup-notification"  "--enable-startup-notification"  ""  \
                  "To enable startup notification"
 
-optional_depends "libnotify"  "--enable-libnotify"  "--disable-libnotify"  \
+optional_depends "libnotify4"  "--enable-libnotify"  "--disable-libnotify"  \
                  "To enable libnotify support"
 
 optional_depends "openldap"  "--enable-ldap"  "--disable-ldap"  \