diff --git a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
index 05dda05c..c40c6e9a 100644
--- a/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/default/linux/amd64/13.0/backbone/desktop/package.mask
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 =sys-kernel/geek-sources-3.9.0
 =sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130422
 =sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130429
+=dev-libs/icu-51.1
diff --git a/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/backbone/no-multilib/package.mask b/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/backbone/no-multilib/package.mask
index f6258333..c01eff7f 100644
--- a/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/backbone/no-multilib/package.mask
+++ b/profiles/hardened/linux/amd64/backbone/no-multilib/package.mask
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 =sys-kernel/dracut-022
 =sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130422
 =sys-fs/aufs3-3_p20130429
+=dev-libs/icu-51.1