diff --git a/dev-libs/libmspack/libmspack-0.6_alpha.ebuild b/dev-libs/libmspack/libmspack-0.6_alpha.ebuild
index 6a40351178f2e..63c273dced26c 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmspack/libmspack-0.6_alpha.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/libmspack/libmspack-0.6_alpha.ebuild
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ SRC_URI="https://www.cabextract.org.uk/libmspack/libmspack-${MY_PV}.tar.gz"
 LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86"
-IUSE="debug doc static-libs"
+IUSE="debug doc static-libs utils"
 
 DEPEND=""
-RDEPEND=""
+RDEPEND="
+	utils? ( !app-arch/mscompress )
+"
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${P}-fix-tests.patch"
@@ -47,4 +49,7 @@ multilib_src_install_all() {
 	if use doc; then
 		rm "${ED}"/usr/share/doc/"${PF}"/html/{Makefile*,Doxyfile*} || die
 	fi
+	if ! use utils; then
+		rm "${ED}"/usr/bin/* || die
+	fi
 }
diff --git a/dev-libs/libmspack/metadata.xml b/dev-libs/libmspack/metadata.xml
index ea4e7c21a8447..1e5806295c835 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libmspack/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-libs/libmspack/metadata.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
 <pkgmetadata>
-    <maintainer type="person">
-        <email>reavertm@gentoo.org</email>
-        <name>Maciej Mrozowski</name>
-    </maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>reavertm@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Maciej Mrozowski</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<use>
+		<flag name="utils">Enables building cabrip, chmextract, msexpand and oabextract</flag>
+	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>