diff --git a/profiles/features/musl/package.mask b/profiles/features/musl/package.mask
index 427af99a5df68..efc4054da4c4f 100644
--- a/profiles/features/musl/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/features/musl/package.mask
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ sys-libs/uclibc-ng
 sys-libs/glibc
 
 # We use eudev which is tested on both uclibc and musl
+# As of 2021-08-08, >=sys-fs/udev-249-r2 is patched in Gentoo
+# to work on musl.
 =virtual/libudev-232-r1
 sys-apps/systemd
-sys-fs/udev
+<sys-fs/udev-249-r2
 
 # systemd sources fail to build without glibc
 sys-boot/systemd-boot