--- vips-7.20.6.ebuild.orig	2009-12-29 21:38:35.638627875 +0100
+++ vips-7.20.6.ebuild	2009-12-29 21:34:28.773391563 +0100
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 EAPI=2
 
-inherit versionator
+inherit versionator eutils
 
 # TODO:
 # matio? ( sci-libs/matio ) - in sunrise
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	dev-util/gtk-doc-am"
 
+src_prepare() {
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}/${P}-build-fix.patch"
+}
+
 src_configure() {
 	econf \
 		$(use_with fftw fftw3) \