--- trunk/include/kernel-split.sminc	2013/08/14 14:00:36	18943
+++ trunk/include/kernel-split.sminc	2014/08/10 18:53:11	21977
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 SPLIT_PACKAGES="kernel-${BRANCH} kernel-sources-${BRANCH}"
 
 # kernel.sminc opts this out for sources, split-build needs this one always
-: ${SDEPEND=">= sys-dev/bc-1.06"}
+SDEPEND="${SDEPEND}
+	>= sys-dev/bc-1.06"
 
 # define split_info functions
 eval "split_info_kernel-${BRANCH}()