diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.12.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.12.0.ebuild
index a18a06fff6..795e71f73b 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.12.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-2.12.0.ebuild
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		--with-systemdtmpfilesdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
 		--with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
 		--disable-setuid # bug #662438
-		--enable-cache-owner=man
+		$(use_enable !prefix cache-owner man)  # bug #917024
 		--with-sections="${sections}"
 
 		$(use_enable nls)
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-9999.ebuild
index 3aa96909e3..2805d67ac3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-apps/man-db/man-db-9999.ebuild
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ src_configure() {
 		--with-systemdtmpfilesdir="${EPREFIX}"/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d
 		--with-systemdsystemunitdir="$(systemd_get_systemunitdir)"
 		--disable-setuid # bug #662438
-		--enable-cache-owner=man
+		$(use_enable !prefix cache-owner man)  # bug #917024
 		--with-sections="${sections}"
 
 		$(use_enable nls)