diff --git a/alarm/kodi-rbp/PKGBUILD b/alarm/kodi-rbp/PKGBUILD
index df55d94b5..cb2536abc 100644
--- a/alarm/kodi-rbp/PKGBUILD
+++ b/alarm/kodi-rbp/PKGBUILD
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pkgbase=kodi-rbp
 pkgname=('kodi-rbp' 'kodi-rbp-eventclients' 'kodi-rbp-tools-texturepacker' 'kodi-rbp-dev')
 _codename=Krypton
 pkgver=17.6
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 arch=('armv6h' 'armv7h')
 url="http://kodi.tv"
 license=('GPL2')
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ makedepends=(
   'libxrandr' 'libxslt' 'lzo' 'mesa' 'nasm' 'nss-mdns' 'python2-pillow'
   'python2-pybluez' 'python2-simplejson' 'raspberrypi-firmware' 'rtmpdump'
   'shairplay' 'smbclient' 'speex' 'swig' 'taglib' 'tinyxml' 'unzip' 'upower'
-  'yajl' 'zip'
+  'yajl' 'zip' 'giflib'
 )
 _libdvdcss_commit="2f12236bc1c92f73c21e973363f79eb300de603f"
 _libdvdnav_commit="981488f7f27554b103cca10c1fbeba027396c94a"
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ package_kodi-rbp-eventclients() {
   pkgdesc="Kodi event clients (Raspberry Pi)"
   provides=('kodi-eventclients')
   conflicts=('kodi-eventclients')
+  optdepends=('python2: most eventclients are implemented in python2')
   _components=('kodi-eventclients-common'
     'kodi-eventclients-ps3'
     'kodi-eventclients-xbmc-send')