diff --git a/profiles/default/package.use/default b/profiles/default/package.use/default
index 00c9d8fc1..f3e641f50 100644
--- a/profiles/default/package.use/default
+++ b/profiles/default/package.use/default
@@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ app-editors/emacs libxml2 xft
 app-admin/webalizer -nls
 
 # support for the improved mySQL libraries
-dev-lang/php mysqli
+# support for process creation functions (nextcloud php occ)
+dev-lang/php mysqli pcntl
 
 # enables drawing tool
 x11-misc/shutter drawing