diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.10/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.10/default.nix
index 89e16490df9..e1783be3b7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.10/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.10/default.nix
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ rec {
 
   totem-pl-parser = callPackage ./core/totem-pl-parser { };
 
-  tracker = callPackage ./core/tracker { };
+  tracker = callPackage ./core/tracker { giflib = pkgs.giflib_5_0; };
 
   vte = callPackage ./core/vte { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/default.nix b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/default.nix
index a2ac4a94593..a46f49cbb5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/desktops/gnome-3/3.12/default.nix
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ rec {
 
   totem-pl-parser = callPackage ./core/totem-pl-parser { };
 
-  tracker = callPackage ./core/tracker { };
+  tracker = callPackage ./core/tracker { giflib = pkgs.giflib_5_0; };
 
   vte = callPackage ./core/vte { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/5.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/5.0.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4dc8132805c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/giflib/5.0.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, xmlto, docbook_xml_dtd_412, docbook_xsl, libxml2 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "giflib-5.0.5";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/giflib/giflib-5.0.5.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "02c6pwll9pzw5fhg5gccx2ws56d70ylfryk21nv5lqhwdcv8lvb0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ xmlto docbook_xml_dtd_412 docbook_xsl libxml2 ];
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index bd19493ce3e..e6ce829488b 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5868,6 +5868,7 @@ let
 
   giflib = callPackage ../development/libraries/giflib { };
   giflib_4_1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/giflib/4.1.nix { };
+  giflib_5_0 = callPackage ../development/libraries/giflib/5.0.nix { };
 
   libungif = callPackage ../development/libraries/giflib/libungif.nix { };