diff --git a/libraries/entropy/spm/plugins/interfaces/portage_plugin/__init__.py b/libraries/entropy/spm/plugins/interfaces/portage_plugin/__init__.py
index f18955c5c..4b760e62e 100644
--- a/libraries/entropy/spm/plugins/interfaces/portage_plugin/__init__.py
+++ b/libraries/entropy/spm/plugins/interfaces/portage_plugin/__init__.py
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ class PortagePlugin(SpmPlugin):
             if x.strip()]
         if not data['keywords']:
             # support for packages with no keywords
-            data['keywords'].insert(0, "")
+            data['keywords'].insert(0, "**")
 
         data['keywords'] = set(data['keywords'])
         needed_file = os.path.join(meta_dir,