diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
index a0a6d42..9546579 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ dev-util/jay java
 dev-util/qt-creator git subversion examples
 dev-vcs/subversion -java -apache2 -dso -kde
 
+# use minimal so it doesn't depend on dev-python/imaging[tk]
+games-board/pysolfc minimal
+
 games-emulation/generator sdlaudio
 
 games-engines/stratagus mng