--- /usr/portage/app-editors/gedit/gedit-2.18.0.ebuild 
+++ /usr/local/portage/app-editors/gedit/gedit-2.18.1.ebuild 
@@ -44,4 +44,9 @@
 	MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS} -j1"
 fi
 
+pkg_setup() {
+	if ! use spell; then
+		G2CONF="${G2CONF} --disable-spell"
+	fi
+}