--- /usr/portage/x11-apps/xinit/xinit-1.3.4-r1.ebuild	2017-05-10 20:33:54.822093695 +0200
+++ x11-apps/xinit/xinit-1.3.4-r3.ebuild	2017-06-05 14:12:39.503104382 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2016 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=5
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 
 LICENSE="${LICENSE} GPL-2"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ~mips ppc ppc64 ~s390 ~sh sparc x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~x86-fbsd ~arm-linux ~x86-linux"
-IUSE="+minimal systemd"
+IUSE="elogind +minimal systemd"
+
+REQUIRED_USE="?? ( elogind systemd )"
 
 RDEPEND="
 	!<x11-base/xorg-server-1.8.0
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@
 
 src_prepare() {
 	# this patch breaks startx on non-systemd systems, bug #526802
-	if use !systemd; then
+	if use !elogind && use !systemd; then
 		PATCHES+=( "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.3.4-startx-current-vt.patch )
 	fi
 	xorg-2_src_prepare