--- /usr/portage/app-editors/bluefish/metadata.xml	2008-10-22 22:48:46.576648327 -0400
+++ /usr/portage/local/my/app-editors/bluefish/metadata.xml	2008-10-22 22:49:43.434649798 -0400
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@
 <pkgmetadata>
 <herd>no-herd</herd>
 <maintainer><email>hanno@gentoo.org</email></maintainer>
+<use>
+  <flag name='python'>Enables the building of the python plugin</flag>
+</use>
 </pkgmetadata>