diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
index fd5b650..6f13730 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
@@ -836,3 +836,6 @@ media-libs/libraw demosaic
 
 # Do we really want berkdb?
 sys-apps/man-db -berkdb
+
+# Enable perl and python
+net-irc/xchat perl python