diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/overlay/eapi b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/eapi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ed6ff82d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/eapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/overlay/make.defaults b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/make.defaults
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index 000000000..2652a36a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/make.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright 2004-2013 Gentoo Foundation.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: $
+
+FEATURES="preserve-libs"
+
+EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS=""
+
+VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev vesa vga"
+
+#USE="samba mmx sse sse2 networkmanager bash-completion
+#     oss gstreamer alsa branding
+#     opengl exif jpeg qt4 qt3support mp3 x264 flac sdl fuse xinerama
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/overlay/package.use/sys-boot b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/package.use/sys-boot
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e33e74168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/package.use/sys-boot
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sys-boot/grub -libzfs
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/overlay/use.force b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/use.force
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34ecefcbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/use.force
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-pentoo