diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
index feabc33a0..6dc4fa165 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
@@ -6,5 +6,3 @@ app-arch/xz-utils
 app-arch/lbzip2
 #this is needed for portage-9999 which is sometimes used for testing
 dev-vcs/git
-#glib-utils and possibly others need this in stage3
-dev-python/docutils
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/packages b/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/packages
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b4f65254
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/packages
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#glib-utils and possibly others need this in stage3
+*dev-python/docutils
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/packages.build b/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/packages.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..26e5509c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/bootstrap/packages.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#glib-utils and possibly others need this in stage3
+dev-python/docutils