diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
index f1659dd..238cdc3 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ net-misc/dropbox librsync-bundled
 
 net-misc/aria2 metalink bittorrent xmlrpc
 # bluetooth use flag is useless
-net-misc/networkmanager nss -dhclient modemmanager -bluetooth connection-sharing dhcpcd introspection -gnutls wimax
+# wext due to bug 3283
+net-misc/networkmanager nss -dhclient modemmanager -bluetooth connection-sharing dhcpcd introspection -gnutls wimax wext
 net-misc/networkmanager-vpnc gnome
 net-misc/ntp -zeroconf
 net-misc/nxclient prebuilt