diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages
index afd6680ec..648452a89 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 *dev-lang/python:2.7
 *app-arch/xz-utils
 *app-arch/lbzip2
-
+*app-arch/p7zip
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
index 8202dfaf5..b054b6c7f 100644
--- a/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/packages.build
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ dev-lang/python:2.7
 sys-apps/sandbox
 app-arch/xz-utils
 app-arch/lbzip2
+app-arch/p7zip