diff --git a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.0.2-r3.ebuild b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.0.2-r3.ebuild
index 8d110b892d9df..f0c1f274db2c5 100644
--- a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.0.2-r3.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.0.2-r3.ebuild
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	optfeature "virtual machine support" app-emulation/qemu[spice,usbredir,virtfs]
 	optfeature "btrfs storage backend" sys-fs/btrfs-progs
 	optfeature "ipv6 support" net-dns/dnsmasq[ipv6]
-	optfeature "full lxd-migrate support"
+	optfeature "full lxd-migrate support" net-misc/rsync
 	optfeature "lvm2 storage backend" sys-fs/lvm2
 	optfeature "zfs storage backend" sys-fs/zfs
 	elog
diff --git a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.18.ebuild b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.18.ebuild
index a7b9cee3c03fc..d4b3da5976935 100644
--- a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.18.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.18.ebuild
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	optfeature "virtual machine support" app-emulation/qemu[spice,usbredir,virtfs]
 	optfeature "btrfs storage backend" sys-fs/btrfs-progs
 	optfeature "ipv6 support" net-dns/dnsmasq[ipv6]
-	optfeature "full lxd-migrate support"
+	optfeature "full lxd-migrate support" net-misc/rsync
 	optfeature "lvm2 storage backend" sys-fs/lvm2
 	optfeature "zfs storage backend" sys-fs/zfs
 	elog
diff --git a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.19.ebuild b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.19.ebuild
index 50e2b165276b9..681eaf740cbfa 100644
--- a/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.19.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/lxd/lxd-5.19.ebuild
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	optfeature "virtual machine support" app-emulation/qemu[spice,usbredir,virtfs]
 	optfeature "btrfs storage backend" sys-fs/btrfs-progs
 	optfeature "ipv6 support" net-dns/dnsmasq[ipv6]
-	optfeature "full lxd-migrate support"
+	optfeature "full lxd-migrate support" net-misc/rsync
 	optfeature "lvm2 storage backend" sys-fs/lvm2
 	optfeature "zfs storage backend" sys-fs/zfs
 	elog