diff --git a/media-libs/gegl/files/gegl-0.3.4-without-jpeg-png.patch b/media-libs/gegl/files/gegl-0.3.4-without-jpeg-png.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..81f12d149e7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/gegl/files/gegl-0.3.4-without-jpeg-png.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+From 86e5d9c3f51153afde57d8adbe22408cee6321d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
+Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 01:48:31 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Repair --without-libjpeg and --without-libpng
+
+---
+ configure.ac | 15 ++++++++-------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 5aa1f3b..95e519b 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -809,16 +809,16 @@ if test "x$with_libjpeg" != "xno" && test -z "$LIBJPEG"; then
+       jpeg_ok="no  (JPEG header file not found)"
+     fi
+   fi
++
++  if test "$jpeg_ok" != "yes"; then
++    AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find a usable JPEG library with header files])
++  fi
+ fi
+ 
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_JPEG, test "$jpeg_ok" = "yes")
+ 
+ AC_SUBST(LIBJPEG)
+ 
+-if test "$jpeg_ok" != "yes"; then
+-   AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find a usable JPEG library with header files])
+-fi
+-
+ 
+ ##################
+ # Check for libpng
+@@ -831,6 +831,10 @@ if test "x$with_libpng" != "xno"; then
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PNG, libpng,
+     have_libpng="yes",
+     have_libpng="no  (libpng not found)")
++
++  if test "$have_libpng" != "yes"; then
++    AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find a usable PNG library with header files])
++  fi
+ fi
+ 
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_PNG, test "$have_libpng" = "yes")
+@@ -838,9 +842,6 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_PNG, test "$have_libpng" = "yes")
+ AC_SUBST(PNG_CFLAGS) 
+ AC_SUBST(PNG_LIBS) 
+ 
+-if test "$have_libpng" != "yes"; then
+-   AC_MSG_ERROR([Could not find a usable PNG library with header files])
+-fi
+ 
+ ###################
+ # Check for librsvg
+-- 
+2.6.3
+
diff --git a/media-libs/gegl/gegl-0.3.4.ebuild b/media-libs/gegl/gegl-0.3.4.ebuild
index c2b940950bcbe..40fea6e5183a0 100644
--- a/media-libs/gegl/gegl-0.3.4.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/gegl/gegl-0.3.4.ebuild
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 src_prepare() {
 	epatch \
 		"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-0.3.4-endian.patch \
+		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-without-jpeg-png.patch \
 		"${FILESDIR}"/${P}-underlinking.patch
 
 	# FIXME: the following should be proper patch sent to upstream