diff --git a/pym/gentoolkit/eclean/search.py b/pym/gentoolkit/eclean/search.py
index a2ac0ce4..176b9529 100644
--- a/pym/gentoolkit/eclean/search.py
+++ b/pym/gentoolkit/eclean/search.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import stat
 import sys
 from functools import partial
+from inspect import signature
 from typing import Optional
 
 import portage
@@ -16,13 +17,12 @@
 
 import gentoolkit.pprinter as pp
 from gentoolkit.eclean.exclude import (
-    exclDictMatchCP,
     exclDictExpand,
     exclDictExpandPkgname,
+    exclDictMatchCP,
     exclMatchFilename,
 )
 
-
 # Misc. shortcuts to some portage stuff:
 port_settings = portage.settings
 pkgdir = port_settings["PKGDIR"]
@@ -568,7 +568,12 @@ def findPackages(
     dead_binpkgs: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
     keep_binpkgs = {}
 
-    bin_dbapi = portage.binarytree(pkgdir=pkgdir, settings=var_dbapi.settings).dbapi
+    # FEATURES=pkgdir-index-trusted is now on by default which makes portages inavlids
+    # inaccessible
+    settings = var_dbapi.settings
+    bin_dbapi = portage.binarytree(pkgdir=pkgdir, settings=settings).dbapi
+    if signature(bin_dbapi.bintree.populate).parameters["force_reindex"]:
+        bin_dbapi.bintree.populate(force_reindex=True)
     for cpv in bin_dbapi.cpv_all():
         cp = portage.cpv_getkey(cpv)