diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/profile/package.use.mask b/conf/intel/portage/profile/package.use.mask
index bd1265a0..70b40849 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/profile/package.use.mask
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/profile/package.use.mask
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 kde-base/solid -networkmanager
+
+# media-gfx/blender wants Python 3.3
+# need to unmask its use flag
+media-gfx/blender -python_single_target_python3_3