diff --git a/net-irc/ircii/metadata.xml b/net-irc/ircii/metadata.xml
index aa20bff17b1db..0cdf261be8192 100644
--- a/net-irc/ircii/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-irc/ircii/metadata.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 		<email>bkohler@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Ben Kohler</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="lto">Build using Link Time Optimizations (LTO)</flag>
+	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>