diff --git a/profiles/base/package.use b/profiles/base/package.use
index 2eb93144eb970..578d19fbb2427 100644
--- a/profiles/base/package.use
+++ b/profiles/base/package.use
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
+# Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> (2021-10-14)
+# Unconditional dependency on >= Lua 5.3, so let's just pick 5.4
+>=app-arch/rpm-4.17.0 lua_single_target_lua5-4
+
 # Niklāvs Koļesņikovs <89q1r14hd@relay.firefox.com> (2021-09-13)
 # WirePlumber obligatory links and embeds either Lua 5.3 or 5.4
 # interpreter with the later being the upstream default.