diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/imlib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/imlib/default.nix
index 53612f8205f..1d6fed2281e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/imlib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/imlib/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-{lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, libX11, libXext, xorgproto, libjpeg, libungif, libtiff, libpng}:
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch
+, libX11, libXext, xorgproto, libjpeg, giflib, libtiff, libpng
+}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "imlib-1.9.15";
@@ -13,6 +15,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-libs/imlib/files/imlib-1.9.15-bpp16-CVE-2007-3568.patch";
       sha256 = "0lxfibi094gki39sq1w4p0hcx25xlk0875agbhjkjngzx862wvbg";
     })
+
+    # The following two patches fix the build with recent giflib.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-libs/imlib/files/imlib-1.9.15-giflib51-1.patch?id=c6d0ed89ad5653421f21cbf3b3d40fd9a1361828";
+      sha256 = "0jynlhxcyjiwnz1m8j48xwz4z5csgyg03jfjc8xgpvvcyid4m65l";
+    })
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/plain/media-libs/imlib/files/imlib-1.9.15-giflib51-2.patch?id=c6d0ed89ad5653421f21cbf3b3d40fd9a1361828";
+      sha256 = "164x7rd992930rqllmr89p5ahfmbz37ipi8x0igd8gkvc8a4fd5x";
+    })
   ];
 
   configureFlags = [
@@ -21,11 +33,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     "--x-libraries=${libX11.out}/lib"
   ];
 
-  buildInputs = [libjpeg libXext libX11 xorgproto libtiff libungif libpng];
+  buildInputs = [ libjpeg libXext libX11 xorgproto libtiff giflib libpng ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "An image loading and rendering library for X11";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
-    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl2 ];
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2Only lgpl2Only ];
   };
 }