--- eclass/depend.apache.eclass
+++ eclass/depend.apache.eclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2007 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/eclass/depend.apache.eclass,v 1.44 2008/03/04 10:59:27 hollow Exp $
 
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@
 # DEPEND="server? ( virtual/Perl-CGI )"
 # RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 # want_apache2 server
+# 
+# pkg_setup() {
+# 	apache2_optional_init server
+# }
 # @CODE
 
 inherit multilib
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # An ebuild calls this to get the dependency information for optional apache
 # support. If the myiuse parameter is not given it defaults to apache2.
+# An ebuild should additionally call apache2_optional_init() in pkg_setup().
 want_apache() {
 	debug-print-function $FUNCNAME $*
 	want_apache2 "$@"
@@ -147,6 +152,7 @@
 # @DESCRIPTION:
 # An ebuild calls this to get the dependency information for optional apache-2.x
 # support. If the myiuse parameter is not given it defaults to apache2.
+# An ebuild should additionally call apache2_optional_init() in pkg_setup().
 want_apache2() {
 	debug-print-function $FUNCNAME $*
 
@@ -154,12 +160,6 @@
 	IUSE="${IUSE} ${myiuse}"
 	DEPEND="${DEPEND} ${myiuse}? ( ${APACHE2_DEPEND} )"
 	RDEPEND="${RDEPEND} ${myiuse}? ( ${APACHE2_DEPEND} )"
-
-	if use ${myiuse}; then
-		_init_apache2
-	else
-		_init_no_apache
-	fi
 }
 
 # @FUNCTION: want_apache2_2
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@
 # An ebuild calls this to get the dependency information for optional
 # apache-2.2.x support. If the myiuse parameter is not given it defaults to
 # apache2.
+# An ebuild should additionally call apache2_optional_init() in pkg_setup().
 want_apache2_2() {
 	debug-print-function $FUNCNAME $*
 
@@ -175,7 +176,21 @@
 	IUSE="${IUSE} ${myiuse}"
 	DEPEND="${DEPEND} ${myiuse}? ( ${APACHE2_2_DEPEND} )"
 	RDEPEND="${RDEPEND} ${myiuse}? ( ${APACHE2_2_DEPEND} )"
+}
 
+# @FUNCTION: apache2_optional_init
+# @USAGE: [myiuse]
+# @DESCRIPTION:
+# An ebuild calls this in pkg_setup() to initialize variables for optional
+# apache-2.x support.
+apache2_optional_init() {
+	debug-print-function $FUNCNAME $*
+
+	if [[ "${EBUILD_PHASE}" != "setup" ]]; then
+		die "apache2_optional_init() should be called in pkg_setup()"
+	fi
+
+	local myiuse=${1:-apache2}
 	if use ${myiuse}; then
 		_init_apache2
 	else