--- Portage.pm	2012-09-18 21:36:05.586811746 +0200
+++ Portage.pm	2012-09-18 21:39:25.870155554 +0200
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ 
 }
 
 sub read_make_conf() {
-	my %env = read_sh "/etc/make.conf";
+	my %env = ( -e '/etc/portage/make.conf' ) ? read_sh "/etc/portage/make.conf" : read_sh "/etc/make.conf";
 	merge %make_conf_flags, %{$env{USE}} if exists $env{USE};
 	@portagedirs = $environment{PORTDIR};
 	push @portagedirs, split ' ', $environment{PORTDIR_OVERLAY} if defined $environment{PORTDIR_OVERLAY};