diff --git a/app-misc/kanata/kanata-1.7.0.ebuild b/app-misc/kanata/kanata-1.7.0.ebuild
index f50130cfe1..40f2ff4686 100644
--- a/app-misc/kanata/kanata-1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/kanata/kanata-1.7.0.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright 2024 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-# Autogenerated by pycargoebuild 0.13.3
-
 EAPI=8
 
 CRATES="
@@ -220,5 +218,13 @@ LICENSE+=" Apache-2.0 BSD ISC LGPL-3 MIT MPL-2.0 Unicode-DFS-2016"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
 
-# Rust package
+IUSE="cmd"
+
 QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="usr/bin/kanata"
+
+src_configure() {
+	local myfeatures=(
+		$(usev cmd)
+	)
+	cargo_src_configure
+}
diff --git a/app-misc/kanata/metadata.xml b/app-misc/kanata/metadata.xml
index f83ea8a741..6a0d984535 100644
--- a/app-misc/kanata/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-misc/kanata/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 		<email>eetu@muffinpower.fi</email>
 		<name>Eetu Eloranta</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="cmd">Enable potentially dangerous "cmd" action to be able run arbitrary commands.</flag>
+	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">jtroo/kanata</remote-id>
 	</upstream>