diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/dev-libs b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/dev-libs
index 4671737a8..0bb797f2d 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/dev-libs
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.accept_keywords/dev-libs
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 
 #nmap
 ~dev-libs/liblinear-194
+
+#older libgcrypt is now broken for whirlpool, crippling users, with no possible fix.
+~dev-libs/libgcrypt-1.6.2