diff --git a/app-text/libetonyek/libetonyek-0.1.8.recipe b/app-text/libetonyek/libetonyek-0.1.8.recipe
index 5096f3c42..a9f3c5fff 100644
--- a/app-text/libetonyek/libetonyek-0.1.8.recipe
+++ b/app-text/libetonyek/libetonyek-0.1.8.recipe
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf -fi
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure --bindir="$commandBinDir" \
-		--with-mdds=1.2
+		--with-mdds=1.4
 	make $jobArgs
 }