diff --git a/profiles/base/package.use.mask b/profiles/base/package.use.mask
index 7a82cab69f196..0c293cf73ef3b 100644
--- a/profiles/base/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/base/package.use.mask
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 # New entries go on top.
 
+# Michael Orlitzky <mjo@gentoo.org> (2026-07-17)
+# Broke upstream, not an easy fix, bug 978718.
+>=net-analyzer/monitoring-plugins-3.0.1 snmp
+
 # Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> (2026-07-02)
 # Unsurpringly upstream doesn't support custom slotted Gentoo install.
 dev-libs/libevent mbedtls