--- /usr/portage/net-misc/whois/whois-5.1.5.ebuild	2015-05-13 02:01:15.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/local/portage/net-misc/whois/whois-5.1.5.ebuild	2015-07-11 16:32:56.000000000 -0400
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 ~s390 ~sh sparc x86 ~x86-fbsd ~x86-freebsd ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="iconv idn nls"
+IUSE="elibc_uclibc iconv idn nls"
 RESTRICT="test" #59327
 
 RDEPEND="iconv? ( virtual/libiconv )
@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@
 	use iconv && export HAVE_ICONV=1
 	use idn && export HAVE_LIBIDN=1
 	tc-export CC
-	emake CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}"
+	if use elibc_uclibc; then
+		if use idn; then # this is ugly
+			emake CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}" whois_LDADD="-liconv -lidn"
+		else
+			emake CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}" whois_LDADD="-liconv"
+		fi
+	else
+		emake CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS}"
+	fi
 }
 
 src_install() {