diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/dev-lang b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/dev-lang
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f81ae643a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/base/package.keywords/dev-lang
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# needed by dev-embedded/libftdi which is needed by fwupd
+=dev-lang/swig-4.2* amd64 x86
diff --git a/profiles/pentoo/overlay/package.keywords/dev-lang b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/package.keywords/dev-lang
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..d505741e5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profiles/pentoo/overlay/package.keywords/dev-lang
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../base/package.keywords/dev-lang
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