diff --git a/srcpkgs/libextractor/template b/srcpkgs/libextractor/template
index a7e83c0d6a8..abc9c3c956d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libextractor/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libextractor/template
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ makedepends="
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
+	# make it build with giflib-5.1.0
+	# see http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/5076#comment:2
+	sed -i "/[DE]GifCloseFile/s:gif_file:&, NULL:g" src/plugins/gif_extractor.c
 }
 
 libextractor-devel_package() {