diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/6548-portage-changed_use-newuse.yml b/changelogs/fragments/6548-portage-changed_use-newuse.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d1ba55e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/6548-portage-changed_use-newuse.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+bugfixes:
+  - portage - fix ``changed_use`` and ``newuse`` not triggering rebuilds (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/6008, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/6548).
diff --git a/plugins/modules/portage.py b/plugins/modules/portage.py
index c732e7f56f..1c6b365376 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/portage.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/portage.py
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ def emerge_packages(module, packages):
     """Run emerge command against given list of atoms."""
     p = module.params
 
-    if p['noreplace'] and not (p['update'] or p['state'] == 'latest'):
+    if p['noreplace'] and not p['changed_use'] and not p['newuse'] and not (p['update'] or p['state'] == 'latest'):
         for package in packages:
-            if p['noreplace'] and not query_package(module, package, 'emerge'):
+            if p['noreplace'] and not p['changed_use'] and not p['newuse'] and not query_package(module, package, 'emerge'):
                 break
         else:
             module.exit_json(changed=False, msg='Packages already present.')