diff --git a/dev-libs/polyseed/polyseed-1.0.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/polyseed/polyseed-1.0.0.ebuild
index 34fd633979..34315cc389 100644
--- a/dev-libs/polyseed/polyseed-1.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/polyseed/polyseed-1.0.0.ebuild
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/tevador/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P
 LICENSE="LGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="" #todo: make test executible an optiona; USE flag
+IUSE="static-libs test"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+src_compile() {
+        cmake_build polyseed $(usex "static-libs" "polyseed_static" "") $(usex "test" "polyseed-tests" "")
+}
diff --git a/dev-libs/polyseed/polyseed-2.0.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/polyseed/polyseed-2.0.0.ebuild
index 34fd633979..34315cc389 100644
--- a/dev-libs/polyseed/polyseed-2.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/polyseed/polyseed-2.0.0.ebuild
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@ SRC_URI="https://github.com/tevador/${PN}/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz -> ${P
 LICENSE="LGPL-3"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64"
-IUSE="" #todo: make test executible an optiona; USE flag
+IUSE="static-libs test"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
+
+src_compile() {
+        cmake_build polyseed $(usex "static-libs" "polyseed_static" "") $(usex "test" "polyseed-tests" "")
+}
diff --git a/net-p2p/feather/feather-2.4.2.ebuild b/net-p2p/feather/feather-2.4.2.ebuild
index f2fb173316..54dbc41f48 100644
--- a/net-p2p/feather/feather-2.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/net-p2p/feather/feather-2.4.2.ebuild
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/libsodium:=
 	media-gfx/qrencode:=
 	media-gfx/zbar:=[v4l]
-	>=dev-libs/polyseed-1.0.0
+	=dev-libs/polyseed-1.0.0
 	dev-libs/libzip:=
 	dev-libs/boost:=[nls]
 	>=dev-qt/qtcore-5.15:5