diff --git a/media-plugins/distrho-ports/distrho-ports-99999999.ebuild b/media-plugins/distrho-ports/distrho-ports-99999999.ebuild
index 0917d268..dc4349ae 100644
--- a/media-plugins/distrho-ports/distrho-ports-99999999.ebuild
+++ b/media-plugins/distrho-ports/distrho-ports-99999999.ebuild
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ RDEPEND="media-libs/alsa-lib
 	x11-libs/libXext
 	x11-libs/libXcursor
 	x11-libs/libXrender"
+# version comparison assumes that all versions are in format YYYYMMDD
+if [[ ${PV} -ge 20210301 ]]; then
+	RDEPEND+="
+	sci-libs/fftw:3.0="
+fi
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 src_prepare() {