diff --git a/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.3.0.ebuild b/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.3.0.ebuild
index 94ea5c432867d..b787c1505e91f 100644
--- a/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.3.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-shells/atuin/atuin-18.3.0.ebuild
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 LICENSE+=" Apache-2.0 BSD Boost-1.0 ISC MIT MPL-2.0 Unicode-DFS-2016 openssl"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
-IUSE="+client server test +sync"
+IUSE="+client +daemon server test +sync"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 REQUIRED_USE="
 	|| ( client server )
@@ -496,6 +496,7 @@ DOCS=(
 src_configure() {
 	local myfeatures=(
 		$(usev client)
+		$(usev daemon)
 		$(usev server)
 		$(usev sync)
 	)
diff --git a/app-shells/atuin/metadata.xml b/app-shells/atuin/metadata.xml
index 60336a2778624..5271e50033b03 100644
--- a/app-shells/atuin/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-shells/atuin/metadata.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="client">Enable the autin client</flag>
+		<flag name="daemon">Enable the autin background daemon on the client</flag>
 		<flag name="server">Enable the autin server</flag>
 		<flag name="sync">Enable the server-sync feature in the autin client</flag>
 	</use>