diff --git a/media-libs/libsoundio/libsoundio-1.1.0.ebuild b/media-libs/libsoundio/libsoundio-1.1.0.ebuild
index 0cde6b72e9fb7..d656a02c9a50c 100644
--- a/media-libs/libsoundio/libsoundio-1.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libsoundio/libsoundio-1.1.0.ebuild
@@ -13,21 +13,23 @@ SRC_URI="http://libsound.io/release/${P}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0/1"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="alsa coreaudio examples pulseaudio static-libs"
+IUSE="alsa coreaudio examples jack pulseaudio static-libs"
 
+# Build fails with <=media-sound/jack2-1.9.10
+# See https://github.com/andrewrk/libsoundio/issues/7
+# Only jack1 is supported for the time being
 DEPEND="alsa? ( media-libs/alsa-lib[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
+	jack? ( >=media-sound/jack-audio-connection-kit-0.125.0[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )
 	pulseaudio? ( media-sound/pulseaudio[${MULTILIB_USEDEP}] )"
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${P}_missing_include.patch" )
 
-# ENABLE_JACK does not support the current version of jack1
-# See https://github.com/andrewrk/libsoundio/issues/11
 multilib_src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DENABLE_ALSA=$(usex alsa)
 		-DENABLE_COREAUDIO=$(usex coreaudio)
-		-DENABLE_JACK=no
+		-DENABLE_JACK=$(usex jack)
 		-DENABLE_PULSEAUDIO=$(usex pulseaudio)
 		-DENABLE_WASAPI=no
 		-DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=$(usex static-libs)
diff --git a/media-libs/libsoundio/metadata.xml b/media-libs/libsoundio/metadata.xml
index f013d8f4d25af..ee1f8b21b59f2 100644
--- a/media-libs/libsoundio/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-libs/libsoundio/metadata.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 <maintainer type="person">
 	<email>sir.suriv@gmail.com</email>
 	<name>Diogo Pereira</name>
-	<description>Proxy maintainer. Assign bugs to him.</description>
 </maintainer>
 <maintainer type="project">
 	<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>