diff --git a/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-103-r2.ebuild b/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-103-r3.ebuild
similarity index 97%
rename from sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-103-r2.ebuild
rename to sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-103-r3.ebuild
index b3d3b22..10d7a45 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-103-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-103-r3.ebuild
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		--enable-dracut-cpio="$(usex dracut-cpio)"
 	)
 
+	# this emulates what the build system would be doing without us
+	append-cflags -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+
 	tc-export CC PKG_CONFIG
 
 	edo ./configure "${myconf[@]}"
diff --git a/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-9999.ebuild b/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-9999.ebuild
index 031e61e..b44c3c6 100644
--- a/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sys-kernel/dracut/dracut-9999.ebuild
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		--enable-dracut-cpio="$(usex dracut-cpio)"
 	)
 
+	# this emulates what the build system would be doing without us
+	append-cflags -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64
+
 	tc-export CC PKG_CONFIG
 
 	edo ./configure "${myconf[@]}"