diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/portage-2.3.99-r2.ebuild b/sys-apps/portage/portage-2.3.99-r2.ebuild
index 3e8a16cd18dc8..b0d41add84fbd 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/portage-2.3.99-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/portage-2.3.99-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EAPI=5
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_7 python3_8 )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='bzip2(+),threads(+)'
+TMPFILES_OPTIONAL=1
 
 inherit distutils-r1 epatch linux-info tmpfiles prefix
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.12.ebuild b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.12.ebuild
index 0c67947746ed2..2ca4d26888a07 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.12.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.12.ebuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EAPI=7
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{7..9} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='bzip2(+),threads(+)'
+TMPFILES_OPTIONAL=1
 
 inherit distutils-r1 linux-info tmpfiles prefix
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.13.ebuild b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.13.ebuild
index 0c67947746ed2..2ca4d26888a07 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.13.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.13.ebuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EAPI=7
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{7..9} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='bzip2(+),threads(+)'
+TMPFILES_OPTIONAL=1
 
 inherit distutils-r1 linux-info tmpfiles prefix
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.16.ebuild b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.16.ebuild
index 0a278512cacb7..4bcace7f54058 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.16.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.16.ebuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EAPI=7
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{7..9} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='bzip2(+),threads(+)'
+TMPFILES_OPTIONAL=1
 
 inherit distutils-r1 linux-info tmpfiles prefix
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.17.ebuild b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.17.ebuild
index 2607bc2f694a4..f5f940db0e2a8 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.17.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/portage-3.0.17.ebuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EAPI=7
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{7..9} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='bzip2(+),threads(+)'
+TMPFILES_OPTIONAL=1
 
 inherit distutils-r1 linux-info tmpfiles prefix
 
diff --git a/sys-apps/portage/portage-9999.ebuild b/sys-apps/portage/portage-9999.ebuild
index feff21265f7a5..90088d7a92e7c 100644
--- a/sys-apps/portage/portage-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/portage/portage-9999.ebuild
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ EAPI=7
 DISTUTILS_USE_SETUPTOOLS=no
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( pypy3 python3_{7..9} )
 PYTHON_REQ_USE='bzip2(+),threads(+)'
+TMPFILES_OPTIONAL=1
 
 inherit distutils-r1 git-r3 linux-info tmpfiles prefix