diff --git a/app-text/namazu/namazu-2.0.21.ebuild b/app-text/namazu/namazu-2.0.21.ebuild
index 1bb859ef8de6f..daba19585dff6 100644
--- a/app-text/namazu/namazu-2.0.21.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/namazu/namazu-2.0.21.ebuild
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ src_install() {
 	default
 	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
 
+	keepdir /var/lib/${PN}/index
+
 	if use emacs; then
 		elisp-install ${PN} lisp/*.el*
 		elisp-site-file-install "${FILESDIR}"/50${PN}-gentoo.el
diff --git a/app-text/namazu/namazu-2.0.22_pre8.ebuild b/app-text/namazu/namazu-2.0.22_pre8.ebuild
index 55d8fa5444e9f..972c12327567b 100644
--- a/app-text/namazu/namazu-2.0.22_pre8.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/namazu/namazu-2.0.22_pre8.ebuild
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ src_install() {
 	default
 	find "${ED}" -name '*.la' -delete || die
 
+	keepdir /var/lib/${PN}/index
+
 	if use emacs; then
 		elisp-install ${PN} lisp/*.el*
 		elisp-site-file-install "${FILESDIR}"/50${PN}-gentoo.el