diff --git a/dev-util/sysprof/metadata.xml b/dev-util/sysprof/metadata.xml
index 9544de8790fd..b5cf665fff33 100644
--- a/dev-util/sysprof/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-util/sysprof/metadata.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
     Sysprof handles shared libraries and applications do not need to be
     recompiled. In fact they don't even have to be restarted.
   </longdescription>
+  <use>
+    <flag name="debuginfod">Enable debuginfod support via <pkg>dev-libs/elfutils</pkg> libdebuginfod</flag>
+  </use>
   <slots>
     <subslots>sysprof and sysprof-ui API version</subslots>
   </slots>
diff --git a/dev-util/sysprof/sysprof-49.0.ebuild b/dev-util/sysprof/sysprof-49.0.ebuild
index 096468f3e2f5..b1362bf3876b 100644
--- a/dev-util/sysprof/sysprof-49.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-util/sysprof/sysprof-49.0.ebuild
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE="GPL-3+ GPL-2+"
 API_VERSION="4"
 SLOT="0/${API_VERSION}"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64 ~loong ~x86"
-IUSE="gtk systemd test"
+IUSE="debuginfod gtk systemd test"
 RESTRICT="!test? ( test )"
 
 RDEPEND="
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	>=gui-libs/libpanel-1.4:1
 	sys-libs/libunwind:=
 	>=sys-auth/polkit-0.114[daemon(+)]
-	dev-libs/elfutils
+	dev-libs/elfutils[debuginfod?]
 	>=dev-util/sysprof-common-${PV}
 	>=dev-util/sysprof-capture-${PV}:${API_VERSION}
 "
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		-Dtools=true
 		$(meson_use test tests)
 		-Dexamples=false
-		-Ddebuginfod=disabled
+		$(meson_feature debuginfod)
 		-Dintrospection=disabled
 		-Ddocs=false
 	)