diff --git a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.5.2-r3.ebuild b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.5.2-r3.ebuild
index 3cee37bb192dc..1a4f09c14002b 100644
--- a/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.5.2-r3.ebuild
+++ b/app-office/scribus/scribus-1.5.2-r3.ebuild
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ src_prepare() {
 }
 
 src_configure() {
+	# bug #550818
+	append-cppflags -DHAVE_MEMRCHR
+
 	local _lang lang langs
 	for lang in ${IUSE_LINGUAS}; do
 		_lang=$(translate_lang ${lang})
@@ -149,6 +152,10 @@ src_configure() {
 	cmake-utils_src_configure
 }
 
+src_compile() {
+	cmake-utils_src_compile
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	cmake-utils_src_install