diff --git a/libraries/evas/evas.SlackBuild b/libraries/evas/evas.SlackBuild
index ab45c91bff..0a3e86e277 100644
--- a/libraries/evas/evas.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/evas/evas.SlackBuild
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+# disable the gif module as upstream seems to have labeled this as won't fix
+# http://lists.enlightenment.fr/enlightenment-bugs/2012/08/4637.html
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}" \
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}" \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
+  --disable-image-loader-gif \
   --disable-static
 
 make