diff --git a/srcpkgs/tracker/template b/srcpkgs/tracker/template
index cdc96f6bd0f..51782f5f3d8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tracker/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tracker/template
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/Tracker"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/${version%.*}/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=cd9d0ebb2f09b581b3da607aeca96ec770ba1548c98f541dc3428bc945ff9886
+make_build_args=-d
 
 # Package build options
 build_options="gir"
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	libtoolize -f
+	# prevent aclocal from run
+	touch aclocal.m4 Makefile.in config.h.in
+	# make it build with giflib-5.1.0
+	# see http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/5076#comment:2
+	sed -i "/DGifCloseFile/s:gifFile:&, NULL:g" src/tracker-extract/tracker-extract-gif.c
 }
 
 tracker-devel_package() {