--- a/hexchat-2.9.3.ebuild	2013-01-14 08:31:23.000000000 +0100
+++ b/hexchat-2.9.3.ebuild	2013-03-08 18:41:30.412025462 +0100
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 	# QA: remove deprecated line from desktop file
 	sed -e '/Encoding=UTF-8/d' -i ${PN}.desktop || die 'sed failed'
 
+	# Fix to compile with USE=-gtk when there is no gtk installed
+	if ! use gtk ; then
+		 sed -i 's/AM_PATH_GTK_2_0//' configure.ac || die 'sed failed'
+	fi
+
 	./autogen.sh || die
 }