diff --git a/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-20.1.7.ebuild b/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-20.1.7-r1.ebuild
similarity index 98%
rename from llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-20.1.7.ebuild
rename to llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-20.1.7-r1.ebuild
index 3495fff0aa8a..96d79faaba9c 100644
--- a/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-20.1.7.ebuild
+++ b/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-20.1.7-r1.ebuild
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ src_configure() {
 
 		-DFFI_INCLUDE_DIR="${ffi_cflags#-I}"
 		-DFFI_LIBRARY_DIR="${ffi_ldflags#-L}"
+		# force using shared libffi
+		-DFFI_STATIC_LIBRARIES=NO
 	)
 
 	[[ ! ${LLVM_ALLOW_GPU_TESTING} ]] && mycmakeargs+=(
diff --git a/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-21.0.0.9999.ebuild b/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-21.0.0.9999.ebuild
index 6ec7850ec88b..5f4ab8697496 100644
--- a/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-21.0.0.9999.ebuild
+++ b/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-21.0.0.9999.ebuild
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ src_configure() {
 
 		-DFFI_INCLUDE_DIR="${ffi_cflags#-I}"
 		-DFFI_LIBRARY_DIR="${ffi_ldflags#-L}"
+		# force using shared libffi
+		-DFFI_STATIC_LIBRARIES=NO
 	)
 
 	[[ ! ${LLVM_ALLOW_GPU_TESTING} ]] && mycmakeargs+=(
diff --git a/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-21.0.0_pre20250614.ebuild b/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-21.0.0_pre20250614.ebuild
index 6ec7850ec88b..5f4ab8697496 100644
--- a/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-21.0.0_pre20250614.ebuild
+++ b/llvm-runtimes/offload/offload-21.0.0_pre20250614.ebuild
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ src_configure() {
 
 		-DFFI_INCLUDE_DIR="${ffi_cflags#-I}"
 		-DFFI_LIBRARY_DIR="${ffi_ldflags#-L}"
+		# force using shared libffi
+		-DFFI_STATIC_LIBRARIES=NO
 	)
 
 	[[ ! ${LLVM_ALLOW_GPU_TESTING} ]] && mycmakeargs+=(