diff -Nur geeqie-1.1-orig/src/image-load.c geeqie-1.1/src/image-load.c
--- geeqie-1.1-orig/src/image-load.c	2012-08-12 22:13:41.000000000 +0200
+++ geeqie-1.1/src/image-load.c	2012-12-13 14:40:25.211947484 +0100
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@
 		}
 	else
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_TIFF
+#ifdef HAVE_TIFF_BUT_THIS_IS_UNSTABLE
 	if (il->bytes_total >= 10 &&
 	    (memcmp(il->mapped_file, "MM\0*", 4) == 0 ||
 	     memcmp(il->mapped_file, "II*\0", 4) == 0))