diff --git a/dev-java/commons-beanutils/metadata.xml b/dev-java/commons-beanutils/metadata.xml
index 6021501589e0b..ec3d226a411ec 100644
--- a/dev-java/commons-beanutils/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-java/commons-beanutils/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-<maintainer type="project">
-	<email>java@gentoo.org</email>
-	<name>Java</name>
-</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project">
+		<email>java@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Java</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="log4j">Add optional support for log4j</flag>
+	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>