diff -u vim-latex/metadata.xml vim-latexN/metadata.xml
--- vim-latex/metadata.xml	2011-01-24 06:32:00.000000000 +0100
+++ vim-latexN/metadata.xml	2013-02-21 21:09:03.814790593 +0100
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 	</maintainer>
 	<use>
 		<flag name="html">Install HTML documentation</flag>
+		<flag name="python">Require python support in vim, speeds up multiple compilation.</flag>
 	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff -u vim-latex/vim-latex-1.8.23.20121116.ebuild vim-latexN/vim-latex-1.8.23.20121116.ebuild
--- vim-latex/vim-latex-1.8.23.20121116.ebuild	2013-02-15 23:31:00.000000000 +0100
+++ vim-latexN/vim-latex-1.8.23.20121116.ebuild	2013-02-21 21:23:38.696763098 +0100
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 LICENSE="vim"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 ~ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris"
-IUSE="html"
+IUSE="html python"
 
-RDEPEND="|| ( app-editors/vim[python] app-editors/gvim[python] )
+RDEPEND="python? ( || ( app-editors/vim[python] app-editors/gvim[python] ) )
 	virtual/latex-base"
 
 S="${WORKDIR}/${MY_P}"