diff -ru libgsf-1.14.15.ori/configure.in libgsf-1.14.15/configure.in
--- libgsf-1.14.15.ori/configure.in	2009-09-07 09:24:35.000000000 +0100
+++ libgsf-1.14.15/configure.in	2009-09-07 10:30:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -468,6 +468,28 @@
 fi
 AC_SUBST(BONOBO_REQ)
 
+want_gdk_pixbuf=no
+dnl check for gdk_pixbuf
+AC_ARG_WITH(gdk_pixbuf,
+    AC_HELP_STRING([--without-gdk-pixbuf],[disable the use of gdk-pixbuf]),
+    [case "${withval}" in
+    yes) want_gdk_pixbuf=yes ;;
+    no) want_gdk_pixbuf=no ;;
+    *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-gdk-pixbuf) ;;
+    esac],
+    [want_gdk_pixbuf=auto]) dnl Default value
+
+if test $want_gdk_pixbuf = no ; then 
+    AC_MSG_WARN([gdk-pixbuf support disabled, as requested (Use --with-gdk-pixbuf to enable)])
+else
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GDK_PIXBUF, gdk-pixbuf-2.0,
+        [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_GDK_PIXBUF, 1, [Define if gdk-pixbuf is available])],
+	[if test $want_gdk_pixbuf = yes; then
+	    AC_MSG_ERROR([gdk-pixbuf support requested, but not available.])
+	 else
+	    AC_MSG_WARN([gdk-pixbuf support disabled, unable to find required version])
+	 fi])
+fi
 
 have_gnome=no
 if test $want_gnome = no ; then 
diff -ru libgsf-1.14.15.ori/gsf-config.h.in libgsf-1.14.15/gsf-config.h.in
--- libgsf-1.14.15.ori/gsf-config.h.in	2009-09-07 09:24:35.000000000 +0100
+++ libgsf-1.14.15/gsf-config.h.in	2009-09-07 10:32:10.000000000 +0100
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 if fseeko (and presumably ftello) exists and is declared. */
 #undef HAVE_FSEEKO
 
+/* Define if gdk-pixbuf is available */
+#undef HAVE_GDK_PIXBUF
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the `getpagesize' function. */
 #undef HAVE_GETPAGESIZE
 
diff -ru libgsf-1.14.15.ori/thumbnailer/main.c libgsf-1.14.15/thumbnailer/main.c
--- libgsf-1.14.15.ori/thumbnailer/main.c	2009-09-07 09:24:35.000000000 +0100
+++ libgsf-1.14.15/thumbnailer/main.c	2009-09-07 10:33:13.000000000 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <glib.h>
+#include <gsf-config.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_GDK_PIXBUF
+#include <gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.h>
+#endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SETRLIMI
 #include <sys/resource.h>
@@ -62,6 +67,20 @@
 	GError *error;
 	gint exit_status;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GDK_PIXBUF
+	GdkPixbuf* pixbuf;
+
+	pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale (in_filename, thumb_size, thumb_size, 
+            TRUE, NULL);
+	if (pixbuf)
+	{
+		gboolean success = gdk_pixbuf_save (pixbuf, out_filename, "png", NULL, NULL);
+		g_object_unref (pixbuf);
+		if (success)
+			return;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	in_quote = g_shell_quote (in_filename);
 	out_quote = g_shell_quote (out_filename);
 	cmd_line = g_strdup_printf ("convert %s +matte -thumbnail %dx%d png:%s",
diff -ru libgsf-1.14.15.ori/thumbnailer/Makefile.am libgsf-1.14.15/thumbnailer/Makefile.am
--- libgsf-1.14.15.ori/thumbnailer/Makefile.am	2009-09-07 09:24:35.000000000 +0100
+++ libgsf-1.14.15/thumbnailer/Makefile.am	2009-09-07 10:33:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @INTLTOOL_SCHEMAS_RULE@
 
-AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(LIBGSF_CFLAGS) $(LIBXML_CFLAGS)
-LDADD = $(top_builddir)/gsf/libgsf-1.la $(LIBGSF_LIBS)
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir) $(LIBGSF_CFLAGS) $(GDK_PIXBUF_CFLAGS) $(LIBXML_CFLAGS)
+LDADD = $(top_builddir)/gsf/libgsf-1.la $(LIBGSF_LIBS) $(GDK_PIXBUF_LIBS)
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = gsf-office-thumbnailer