diff --git a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.accept_keywords/devel b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.accept_keywords/devel
index d17e2a5..b3c5356 100644
--- a/profiles/targets/desktop/package.accept_keywords/devel
+++ b/profiles/targets/desktop/package.accept_keywords/devel
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
+# Useful for puppet development
 app-admin/pdk ~amd64
+
+# required to create/edit/use hiera eyaml files
+dev-ruby/optimist ~amd64
+dev-ruby/hiera-eyaml ~amd64