diff --git a/sys-cluster/ucx/metadata.xml b/sys-cluster/ucx/metadata.xml
index d11a30befa7f8..6af00b86c7fac 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/ucx/metadata.xml
+++ b/sys-cluster/ucx/metadata.xml
@@ -9,4 +9,7 @@
 		<email>cluster@gentoo.org</email>
 		<name>Gentoo Cluster Project</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="numa">Add support for numa memory allocation</flag>
+	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sys-cluster/ucx/ucx-1.2.2.ebuild b/sys-cluster/ucx/ucx-1.2.2-r1.ebuild
similarity index 73%
rename from sys-cluster/ucx/ucx-1.2.2.ebuild
rename to sys-cluster/ucx/ucx-1.2.2-r1.ebuild
index 0b581f7bf5663..c3bf36aa7359a 100644
--- a/sys-cluster/ucx/ucx-1.2.2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-cluster/ucx/ucx-1.2.2-r1.ebuild
@@ -12,12 +12,16 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/openucx/ucx/releases/download/v${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
 SLOT="0"
 LICENSE="BSD"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE=""
+IUSE="+numa +openmp"
+
+RDEPEND="
+	numa? ( sys-process/numactl )
+"
 
 src_prepare() {
 	default
 	sed \
-		-e '/^BASE_CFLAGS/s:=.*:=:g' \
+		-e '/BASE_CFLAGS=/s:=".*":=:g' \
 		-i config/m4/compiler.m4 || die
 	eautoreconf
 }
@@ -25,5 +29,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 src_configure() {
 	BASE_CFLAGS="" \
 	econf \
-		--disable-compiler-opt
+		--disable-compiler-opt \
+		$(use_enable numa) \
+		$(use_enable openmp)
 }