diff --git a/dev-python/orjson/orjson-3.6.8-r1.ebuild b/dev-python/orjson/orjson-3.6.8-r1.ebuild
index 4e37bcb9a0..af80de1fd7 100644
--- a/dev-python/orjson/orjson-3.6.8-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/orjson/orjson-3.6.8-r1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+CARGO_OPTIONAL=1
 CRATES="
 	ahash-0.7.6
 	arrayvec-0.7.2
@@ -72,3 +73,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 PATCHES=( "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-3.6.7-no-strip.patch" )
 
 distutils_enable_tests pytest
+
+src_unpack() {
+	cargo_src_unpack
+}