diff --git a/profiles/arch/alpha/package.use.mask b/profiles/arch/alpha/package.use.mask
index bc12bb055c74b..6ccfddac4878d 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/alpha/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/alpha/package.use.mask
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 # $Id$
 
 # Tobias Klausmann <klausman@gentoo.org> (15 Nov 2016)
-# JITing is not supported on Alpha
+# JITing for libpcre{,2} is not supported on Alpha
 dev-libs/libpcre jit
+dev-libs/libpcre2 jit
 
 # Tobias Klausmann <klausman@gentoo.org> (22 Oct 2016)
 # Pulls in dev-db/redis which is not keyworded on alpha.