diff --git a/gentoostrap.sh b/gentoostrap.sh
index 7f463aa..bd9cecd 100755
--- a/gentoostrap.sh
+++ b/gentoostrap.sh
@@ -132,7 +132,11 @@ build-gentoo() {
 	CXXFLAGS="\${COMMON_FLAGS}"
 	GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org"
 	MAKEOPTS="$(nproc)"
-	USE="systemd -elogind -gpm -test"
+	USE="systemd -elogind -test"
+	EOF
+	# This is required on >=17.1 to unroll some circular dependencies
+	cat <<-EOF > "$_optdest/etc/portage/package.use/gentoostrap"
+	dev-lang/python -sqlite
 	EOF
 	# Configure default ebuild repositories
 	mkdir -p "$_optdest/etc/portage/repos.conf"