diff --git a/app-misc/powerpanel/powerpanel-1.4.1.ebuild b/app-misc/powerpanel/powerpanel-1.4.1.ebuild
index ad88aa788a..049a53b8cc 100644
--- a/app-misc/powerpanel/powerpanel-1.4.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/powerpanel/powerpanel-1.4.1.ebuild
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
 	dev-libs/openssl
 	virtual/libusb"
 BDEPEND=""
+QA_FLAGS_IGNORED="CFLAGS LDFLAGS"
 
 src_install() {
 	dosbin bin/pwrstat