diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
index 9a99f9f..e5d09e6 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
@@ -358,6 +358,9 @@ net-wireless/bluez gstreamer
 net-wireless/btsco ao skype
 net-wireless/wpa_supplicant -qt3 -qt4 wimax
 
+# workaround for https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361411
+sci-biology/transfac -emboss
+
 sci-astronomy/celestia -kde
 
 sci-geosciences/grass tcl tk fftw