diff --git a/profiles/uclibc/packages b/profiles/uclibc/packages
index 569e5b5271c1a..d02c949b3e6c7 100644
--- a/profiles/uclibc/packages
+++ b/profiles/uclibc/packages
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-app-misc/pax-utils
+*app-misc/pax-utils
 
 # remove stuff not needed on uclibc
 -*net-misc/iputils