diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords/00-sabayon.package.keywords b/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords/00-sabayon.package.keywords
index bf8ba7de..21075b09 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords/00-sabayon.package.keywords
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.keywords/00-sabayon.package.keywords
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ www-servers/apache -~amd64 -~x86
 # force stable libpng
 media-libs/libpng -~amd64 -~x86
 
+# force stable icu
+dev-libs/icu -~amd64 -~x86
+
 app-crypt/qca:2 **
 dev-python/pycups **