diff --git a/sys-apps/seedfiles/seedfiles-1.1-r1.ebuild b/sys-apps/seedfiles/seedfiles-1.1-r1.ebuild
index 4ce01a7aaffe1..286d449107b86 100644
--- a/sys-apps/seedfiles/seedfiles-1.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/seedfiles/seedfiles-1.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+# We want to avoid tmpfiles.eclass because we provide it
+TMPFILES_OPTIONAL=1
+
 inherit meson
 
 DESCRIPTION="Portable drop-in reimplementation of systemd-tmpfiles"
diff --git a/sys-apps/seedfiles/seedfiles-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/seedfiles/seedfiles-9999.ebuild
index 4ce01a7aaffe1..286d449107b86 100644
--- a/sys-apps/seedfiles/seedfiles-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/seedfiles/seedfiles-9999.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+# We want to avoid tmpfiles.eclass because we provide it
+TMPFILES_OPTIONAL=1
+
 inherit meson
 
 DESCRIPTION="Portable drop-in reimplementation of systemd-tmpfiles"