diff --git a/profiles/arch/sparc/package.use.mask b/profiles/arch/sparc/package.use.mask
index a2340ecb856c5..4ec09175f35e9 100644
--- a/profiles/arch/sparc/package.use.mask
+++ b/profiles/arch/sparc/package.use.mask
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ dev-python/ipython notebook
 dev-python/nbclient test
 dev-python/nbconvert test
 
+# Violet Purcell <vimproved@inventati.org> (2023-10-12)
+# dev-util/samurai is not keyworded here.
+app-alternatives/ninja samurai
+
 # Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> (2023-10-08)
 # Vulkan is not available on sparc.
 dev-qt/qtdeclarative vulkan