diff --git a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.use b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.use
index e839886..a881e38 100644
--- a/conf/armv7l/portage/package.use
+++ b/conf/armv7l/portage/package.use
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ dev-libs/libxml2 icu
 
 # XFCE 4
 xfce-base/xfce4-session policykit udev
+# required by xfce4 and upower stuff
+sys-fs/udev gudev
 
 # LXDE
 x11-misc/obconf lxde