diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/files/disable_python.patch b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/files/disable_python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5fbf6e92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/files/disable_python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- configure.ac_orig	2013-03-23 12:21:11.907228112 +0100
++++ configure.ac	2013-03-23 12:21:53.982820539 +0100
+@@ -259,18 +259,18 @@
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([backtrace backtrace_symbols])
+ 
+ # Python
+-AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.5])
+-case "$host" in
+-*-*-mingw*)
+-	# Change backslashes to forward slashes in pyexecdir to avoid
+-	# quoting issues
+-	pyexecdir=`echo $pyexecdir | tr '\\\\' '/'`
+-	;;
+-esac
+-AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(, AC_MSG_ERROR([Python headers not found]))
+-if test "x$os_win32" = "xyes"; then
+-  AM_CHECK_PYTHON_LIBS(, AC_MSG_ERROR([Python libs not found. Windows requires Python modules to be explicitly linked to libpython.]))
+-fi
++#AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.5])
++#case "$host" in
++#*-*-mingw*)
++#	# Change backslashes to forward slashes in pyexecdir to avoid
++#	# quoting issues
++#	pyexecdir=`echo $pyexecdir | tr '\\\\' '/'`
++#	;;
++#esac
++#AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(, AC_MSG_ERROR([Python headers not found]))
++#if test "x$os_win32" = "xyes"; then
++#  AM_CHECK_PYTHON_LIBS(, AC_MSG_ERROR([Python libs not found. Windows requires Python modules to be explicitly linked to libpython.]))
++#fi
+ 
+ dnl Not enabled by default until 3.6 cycle when we can propose mako as
+ dnl an external dependency
diff --git a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.38.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.38.0-r1.ebuild
index c7cb6e289..3074d4bbc 100644
--- a/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.38.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection-1.38.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ disable_python_for_x86() {
 	if use amd64 && [ "$ABI" == "x86" ]; then
 		cd ${BUILD_DIR}
 		
+		# disable configure checks
+		epatch ${FILESDIR}/disable_python.patch
+		
 		# disable python bindings
 		sed -i "s/include Makefile-giscanner.am//" Makefile.am || die "sed failed"