diff --git a/srcpkgs/deadbeef/template b/srcpkgs/deadbeef/template
index 7c6eced740..523cd2929e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/deadbeef/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/deadbeef/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'deadbeef'.
 pkgname=deadbeef
 version=0.7.2
-revision=3
+revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --disable-gtk2 --disable-oss"
+configure_args="--disable-static $(vopt_if gtk3 --disable-gtk2 --disable-gtk3) --disable-oss"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool yasm"
 makedepends="
  libSM-devel alsa-lib-devel ffmpeg-devel libvorbis-devel libcurl-devel
  libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel libmad-devel libflac-devel wavpack-devel
  libsndfile-devel libcdio-devel libcddb-devel dbus-devel glu-devel
- pulseaudio-devel faad2-devel libsamplerate-devel imlib2-devel gtk+3-devel
+ pulseaudio-devel faad2-devel libsamplerate-devel imlib2-devel $(vopt_if gtk3 gtk+3-devel gtk+-devel)
  jansson-devel mpg123-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="Ultimate Music Player For GNU/Linux"
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ homepage="http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8a63abdf00c2f37c33e018ae0b39d391873e037434074b84bb47381bf283c884
 
+build_options="gtk3"
+build_options_default="gtk3"
+
+desc_option_gtk3="Build the GTK+3 toolkit GUI. Disable to use GTK+2"
+
 post_configure() {
 	# XXX
 	sed -i 's,^OBJCLD =.*,OBJCLD = $(COMPILE),g' plugins/gtkui/Makefile