--- ntfs3g-2009.4.4.ebuild	2009-08-23 10:31:52.000000000 +0200
+++ ntfs3g-2009.4.4.ebuild	2009-08-23 10:23:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sparc ~x86"
 IUSE="debug hal suid +external-fuse"
 
-RDEPEND=">=sys-fs/fuse-2.6.0
+RDEPEND="external-fuse? ( >=sys-fs/fuse-2.6.0 )
 	hal? ( sys-apps/hal )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"