diff --git a/options.conf.d/development.conf b/options.conf.d/development.conf
index 4c98621..dae51c5 100644
--- a/options.conf.d/development.conf
+++ b/options.conf.d/development.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 dev-util/cunit ncurses
 
 # ghc
-dev-lang/ghc llvm
+dev-lang/ghc llvm bootstrap
 sys-libs/ncurses compat-libs
 
 # haskell