diff --git a/net-vpn/candy/candy-5.6.ebuild b/net-vpn/candy/candy-5.6.ebuild
index 8dc55f6ff3..250e9d667e 100644
--- a/net-vpn/candy/candy-5.6.ebuild
+++ b/net-vpn/candy/candy-5.6.ebuild
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ EAPI=8
 
 inherit cmake systemd
 
-DESCRIPTION="Another virtual private network that supports peer-to-peer connections"
+DESCRIPTION="A reliable, low-latency, and anti-censorship virtual private network"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/lanthora/candy"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/lanthora/candy/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P}.tar.gz"
 
 LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+IUSE="+libcandy"
 
 DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/uriparser
@@ -22,6 +23,13 @@ DEPEND="
 "
 RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 
+src_configure(){
+	local mycmakeargs=(
+		-DCANDY_DEVEL=$(usex libcandy true false)
+	)
+	cmake_src_configure
+}
+
 src_install(){
 	cmake_src_install
 	default
diff --git a/net-vpn/candy/metadata.xml b/net-vpn/candy/metadata.xml
index 67deff1aff..75b80f1ece 100644
--- a/net-vpn/candy/metadata.xml
+++ b/net-vpn/candy/metadata.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 		<email>yangmame@icloud.com</email>
 		<name>Xin Yang</name>
 	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="libcandy">Install development libraries and header files for candy</flag>
+	</use>
 	<upstream>
 		<remote-id type="github">lanthora/candy</remote-id>
 		<maintainer>