diff --git a/profiles/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
index 54adab6e..8a3498d6 100644
--- a/profiles/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/desktop/package.mask
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 =media-plugins/caps-plugins-0.9.24 # brokes equiilizer
 =sys-fs/udev-238 #  error: size of array ‘a’ is negative
 =gnome-base/dconf-editor-3.30.2 # build fails
+>=sys-kernel/genkernel-4 # grub does not find kernels with that specific names
diff --git a/profiles/server/package.mask b/profiles/server/package.mask
index 4b9596e2..f5477d98 100644
--- a/profiles/server/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/server/package.mask
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 >=media-gfx/imagemagick-7 # redmine installation fails
+>=sys-kernel/genkernel-4 # grub does not find kernels with that specific names