diff --git a/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.2.ebuild b/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.2.ebuild
index 236870d..04f7c78 100644
--- a/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-process/cronie/cronie-1.5.2.ebuild
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		--with-daemon_groupname=cron
 	)
 
-	use elibc_musl && append-ldflags "-lobstack"
+	if use anacron; then
+		use elibc_musl && append-cflags "-lobstack"
+	fi
 	SPOOL_DIR="/var/spool/cron/crontabs" \
 	ANACRON_SPOOL_DIR="/var/spool/anacron" \
 	econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"