diff --git a/media-libs/gexiv2/gexiv2-0.10.2.ebuild b/media-libs/gexiv2/gexiv2-0.10.2.ebuild
index cef9c603dc1a9..563302ff56d07 100644
--- a/media-libs/gexiv2/gexiv2-0.10.2.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/gexiv2/gexiv2-0.10.2.ebuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI=5
 
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{2_7,3_3,3_4} )
 
-inherit eutils multilib python-r1 toolchain-funcs versionator
+inherit eutils multilib python-r1 toolchain-funcs versionator xdg-utils
 
 MY_PV=$(get_version_component_range 1-2)
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ SRC_URI="mirror://gnome/sources/${PN}/${MY_PV}/${P}.tar.xz"
 LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="alpha amd64 arm ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86"
-IUSE="introspection python static-libs"
 
+IUSE="introspection python static-libs"
 REQUIRED_USE="python? ( introspection ${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE} )"
 
 RDEPEND="${PYTHON_DEPS}
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 src_prepare() {
+	xdg_environment_reset
 	tc-export CXX
 }