diff --git a/app-xemacs/ebuild-mode/ebuild-mode-1.81.ebuild b/app-xemacs/ebuild-mode/ebuild-mode-1.81.ebuild
index cd6d6e1e161b9..2b99100359fa8 100644
--- a/app-xemacs/ebuild-mode/ebuild-mode-1.81.ebuild
+++ b/app-xemacs/ebuild-mode/ebuild-mode-1.81.ebuild
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ src_install() {
 }
 
 pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "directory support" app-xemacs/dired
 	optfeature "ebuild commands support" sys-apps/portage
 	optfeature "additional development tools" dev-util/pkgdev
 	optfeature "ebuild QA utilities" dev-util/pkgcheck