diff --git a/gimp.spec b/gimp.spec
index a0a01e5..b9779ef 100644
--- a/gimp.spec
+++ b/gimp.spec
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ BuildRequires:  WebKit-gtk-devel >= 1.1.0
 %endif
 BuildRequires:  libX11-devel
 BuildRequires:  libXmu-devel
+BuildRequires:  libXpm-devel
 BuildRequires:  sed
 BuildRequires:  intltool
 BuildRequires:  gettext
@@ -288,8 +289,8 @@ LDFLAGS='-pie'
     --with-linux-input \
 %endif
     --with-libtiff --with-libjpeg --with-libpng --with-libmng --with-libexif \
-    --with-librsvg --with-poppler --with-gvfs --with-alsa --with-webkit --with-dbus \
-    --with-script-fu
+    --with-librsvg --with-libxpm --with-poppler --with-gvfs --with-alsa \
+    --with-webkit --with-dbus --with-script-fu
 
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
@@ -506,6 +507,7 @@ gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 %changelog
 * Tue Jun 07 2011 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 2:2.6.11-15
 - drop support for building with non-modular X
+- ensure file-xpm plugin is built (#710207)
 
 * Mon May 23 2011 Nils Philippsen <nils@redhat.com> - 2:2.6.11-14
 - fix buffer overflows in sphere-designer (CVE-2010-4541),