--- /usr/portage/app-editors/gedit/gedit-2.18.1.ebuild	2007-04-24 16:32:36.000000000 -0500
+++ /home/gentoo/app-editors/gedit/gedit-2.18.1.ebuild	2007-06-09 09:21:52.905562896 -0500
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 LICENSE="GPL-2"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sh ~sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="doc spell"
+IUSE="doc spell python"
 
 RDEPEND=">=gnome-base/gconf-2
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.12
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@
 		>=app-text/enchant-1.2
 		app-text/iso-codes
 	)
-	>=dev-python/pygtk-2.9.7
-	>=dev-python/pygobject-2.11.5
-	>=dev-python/gnome-python-desktop-2.15.90"
-# FIXME: Doesn't build without python
+	python? ( >=dev-python/pygtk-2.9.7
+		>=dev-python/pygobject-2.11.5
+		>=dev-python/gnome-python-desktop-2.15.90 )"
 # FIXME : spell autodetect only
 
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
@@ -44,3 +43,9 @@
 	MAKEOPTS="${MAKEOPTS} -j1"
 fi
 
+src_compile() {
+	G2CONF="$(use_enable spell) \
+		$(use_enable python)"
+
+	gnome2_src_compile
+}