diff --git a/mongodb/Makefile b/mongodb/Makefile
index a11bc33..b2e931d 100644
--- a/mongodb/Makefile
+++ b/mongodb/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 preinstall:
+	# v8 needs python2.[67] to build but portage doesn't pull it in
+	$(inroot) $(EMERGE) -1n $(USEPKG) dev-lang/python:2.7
 
 postinstall:
 	sed -i 's/^MONGODB_IP=.*/MONGODB_IP="0.0.0.0"/' "$(CHROOT)"/etc/conf.d/mongodb
diff --git a/mongodb/package.use b/mongodb/package.use
index c306c0e..4d2ae09 100644
--- a/mongodb/package.use
+++ b/mongodb/package.use
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ dev-libs/boost threads
 dev-libs/libpcre cxx
 net-misc/dhcp client
 sys-apps/kmod tools
+sys-apps/portage python3 ipc
 sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
 sys-libs/ncurses minimal