--- gnome-games-2.26.2.ebuild	2009-05-24 21:08:16.000000000 +0530
+++ gnome-games-2.26.2.ebuild	2009-05-24 21:08:03.000000000 +0530
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGam
 LICENSE="GPL-2 FDL-1.1"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~ppc ~ppc64 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~x86-fbsd"
-IUSE="artworkextra guile opengl test"
+IUSE="artworkextra guile opengl test +gstreamer"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-python/pygtk-2.10
 	dev-python/pygobject
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ RDEPEND=">=dev-python/pygtk-2.10
 	>=gnome-base/gconf-2
 	>=dev-libs/libxml2-2.4.0
 	>=gnome-base/librsvg-2.14
-	>=media-libs/gstreamer-0.10.11
+	gstreamer? ( >=media-libs/gstreamer-0.10.11 )
+	!gstreamer? (
+		media-libs/libsdl
+		media-libs/sdl-mixer[vorbis]
+	)
 	>=gnome-base/libglade-2
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.6.3
 	>=dev-games/libggz-0.0.14
@@ -69,6 +73,13 @@ pkg_setup() {
 	# create the games user / group
 	games_pkg_setup
 
+	# Decide the sound backend to use - GStreamer gets preference over SDL
+	if use gstreamer; then
+		G2CONF="${G2CONF} --with-sound=gstreamer"
+	else
+		G2CONF="${G2CONF} --with-sound=sdl_mixer"
+	fi
+
 	# Needs "seed", which needs gobject-introspection, libffi, etc.
 	#$(use_enable clutter)
 	#$(use_enable clutter staging)
@@ -77,7 +88,6 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		--with-scores-group=${GAMES_GROUP}
 		--enable-noregistry=\"${GGZ_MODDIR}\"
 		--with-platform=gnome
-		--with-sound=gstreamer
 		--with-card-theme-formats=all
 		--with-smclient
 		--enable-omitgames=none" # This line should be last for _omitgame
@@ -145,6 +155,11 @@ pkg_postinst() {
 	if use opengl; then
 		python_mod_optimize $(python_get_sitedir)/glchess
 	fi
+
+	if ! use sdl && ! use gstreamer; then
+		ewarn "gnome-games has been built with out sound support. To enable,"
+		ewarn "add gstreamer or sdl to your use flags"
+	fi
 }
 
 pkg_postrm() {