diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/overlay/make.defaults b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/make.defaults
index f384e4920..b3c844e47 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/overlay/make.defaults
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/make.defaults
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ FCFLAGS="${FCFLAGS} -frecord-gcc-switches"
 USE="${USE} xinerama"
 
 GRUB_PLATFORMS="coreboot efi-32 efi-64 emu multiboot pc qemu"
+
+#mgorny suggested this speeds up sync, in my testing it makes a rather large difference
+PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS="--omit-dir-times"