diff --git a/profiles/arch/loong/package.use.mask b/profiles/arch/loong/package.use.mask
index a756942bb54b8..e43db5fdd9cde 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/loong/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/loong/package.use.mask
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Copyright 2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# WANG Xuerui <xen0n@gentoo.org> (2022-12-05)
+# in-tree version of sys-apps/flashrom (1.2) is outdated and cannot build
+# on loong
+sys-apps/fwupd flashrom
+
 # WANG Xuerui <xen0n@gentoo.org> (2022-12-05)
 # sys-boot/gnu-efi upstream hasn't merged the loong port yet
 sys-apps/fwupd uefi