diff --git a/dev-util/ghidra/ghidra-10.2.2.ebuild b/dev-util/ghidra/ghidra-10.2.2.ebuild
index a74e80a3c..a13a5a569 100644
--- a/dev-util/ghidra/ghidra-10.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/ghidra/ghidra-10.2.2.ebuild
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ S="${WORKDIR}/ghidra-Ghidra_${PV}_build"
 
 pkg_setup() {
 	java-pkg-2_pkg_setup
+	# somehow this was unset on livecd run and it shouldn't be unset
+	eselect gradle update ifunset
 	gradle_link_target=$(readlink -n /usr/bin/gradle)
 	currentver="${gradle_link_target/gradle-bin-/}"
 	requiredver="7.3"