diff --git a/srcpkgs/xplanet/template b/srcpkgs/xplanet/template
index f6c9170f0f8..f72b458959c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xplanet/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xplanet/template
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://xplanet.sourceforge.net"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=44fb742bb93e5661ea8b11ccabcc12896693e051f3dd5083c9227224c416b442
+
+pre_configure() {
+	# make it build with giflib-5.1.0
+	# see http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/5076#comment:2
+	sed -i "/[DE]GifCloseFile/s:file:&, NULL:g" src/libimage/gif.c
+}