diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/java-pkg-opt-2.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/java-pkg-opt-2.eclass
index 47594c3b70..add3b232fa 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/java-pkg-opt-2.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/eclass/java-pkg-opt-2.eclass
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@
 # java@gentoo.org
 # @AUTHOR:
 # Thomas Matthijs <axxo@gentoo.org>
-# @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 8
+# @SUPPORTED_EAPIS: 8 9
 # @PROVIDES: java-utils-2
 # @BLURB: Eclass for package with optional Java support
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # Inherit this eclass instead of java-pkg-2 if you only need optional Java
 # support.
 
-case ${EAPI} in
-	8) ;;
-	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
-esac
-
 if [[ -z ${_JAVA_PKG_OPT_2_ECLASS} ]] ; then
 _JAVA_PKG_OPT_2_ECLASS=1
 
+case ${EAPI} in
+	8|9) ;;
+	*) die "${ECLASS}: EAPI ${EAPI:-0} not supported" ;;
+esac
+
 inherit java-utils-2
 
 # @ECLASS_VARIABLE: JAVA_PKG_OPT_USE