diff --git a/x11-misc/sent/metadata.xml b/x11-misc/sent/metadata.xml
index ef0483f9ff68f..c52c56b2759a8 100644
--- a/x11-misc/sent/metadata.xml
+++ b/x11-misc/sent/metadata.xml
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@
 <email>jer@gentoo.org</email>
 <name>Jeroen Roovers</name>
 </maintainer>
+<use>
+<flag name='savedconfig'>Without a saved config.h, this package depends on <pkg>media-gfx/farbfeld</pkg> for image conversions</flag>
+</use>
 </pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/x11-misc/sent/sent-9999.ebuild b/x11-misc/sent/sent-9999.ebuild
index e0b675677fe1f..0cd3dc0e65915 100644
--- a/x11-misc/sent/sent-9999.ebuild
+++ b/x11-misc/sent/sent-9999.ebuild
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ LICENSE="MIT"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS=""
 
-RDEPEND="
+DEPEND="
 	media-libs/fontconfig
-	media-libs/libpng:*
 	x11-libs/libX11
 	x11-libs/libXft
 "
 
-DEPEND="
-	${RDEPEND}
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	!savedconfig? ( media-gfx/farbfeld )
 
 "