diff --git a/graphic/gimp/gimp.conf b/graphic/gimp/gimp.conf
index 438c613d9..aa9d122df 100644
--- a/graphic/gimp/gimp.conf
+++ b/graphic/gimp/gimp.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 
 #  --enable-mp             support multiple processors (default=no)
-#  --enable-python         build python extension (by default disabled)
 
 var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-default-binary"
 
@@ -24,6 +23,16 @@ var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-default-binary"
 
 # check for the availability of gimp-print
 pkginstalled gimp-print || var_append confopt ' ' "--disable-print"
+pkginstalled python     && var_append confopt ' ' "--enable-python"
+
+if pkginstalled lcms; then
+        var_append confopt ' ' "--with-lcms"
+        # Unfortunately gimp does not use pkg-config properly.
+        var_append GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND ' ' "`pkg-config lcms --cflags --libs-only
+-L`"
+else
+	var_append confopt ' ' "--without-lcms"
+fi
 
 # most plugins want gimptool without wrong version number
 hook_add postmake 5 'ln -sf $root/$bindir/gimptool-2.0 $root/$bindir/gimptool'