diff --git a/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml b/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml
index 7cdc773bbdd98..9b36a05a63ba3 100644
--- a/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml
+++ b/app-text/zathura/metadata.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   </maintainer>
   <use>
 	<flag name='magic'>Use libmagic to determine mimetypes</flag>
+	<flag name='synctex'>Use libsynctex to get latex codeline from pdf</flag>
   </use>
   <upstream>
     <maintainer status="active">
diff --git a/app-text/zathura/zathura-0.3.4.ebuild b/app-text/zathura/zathura-0.3.4.ebuild
index 8909dc17a48db..12a90276b4a32 100644
--- a/app-text/zathura/zathura-0.3.4.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/zathura/zathura-0.3.4.ebuild
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 else
 KEYWORDS=""
 fi
-IUSE="+magic sqlite test"
+IUSE="+magic sqlite synctex test"
 
 RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/girara-0.2.5:3=
 	>=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2=
 	x11-libs/cairo:=
 	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.6:3
 	magic? ( sys-apps/file:= )
-	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3= )"
+	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3= )
+	synctex? ( app-text/texlive-core )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	sys-devel/gettext
 	virtual/pkgconfig
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		WITH_SYSTEM_SYNCTEX=0
 		WITH_MAGIC=$(usex magic 1 0)
 		WITH_SQLITE=$(usex sqlite 1 0)
+		WITH_SYNCTEX=$(usex synctex 1 0)
 		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}"/usr
 		LIBDIR='${PREFIX}'/$(get_libdir)
 		CC="$(tc-getCC)"
diff --git a/app-text/zathura/zathura-9999.ebuild b/app-text/zathura/zathura-9999.ebuild
index ee5314e6007fe..ff9ff6731ef08 100644
--- a/app-text/zathura/zathura-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/zathura/zathura-9999.ebuild
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
 else
 KEYWORDS=""
 fi
-IUSE="+magic sqlite test"
+IUSE="+magic sqlite synctex test"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/girara-0.2.3:3=
-	>=dev-libs/glib-2.28:2=
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/girara-0.2.5:3=
+	>=dev-libs/glib-2.32:2=
 	x11-libs/cairo:=
-	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.2:3
+	>=x11-libs/gtk+-3.6:3
 	magic? ( sys-apps/file:= )
-	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3= )"
+	sqlite? ( dev-db/sqlite:3= )
+	synctex? ( app-text/texlive-core )"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	sys-devel/gettext
 	virtual/pkgconfig
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ pkg_setup() {
 		WITH_SYSTEM_SYNCTEX=0
 		WITH_MAGIC=$(usex magic 1 0)
 		WITH_SQLITE=$(usex sqlite 1 0)
+		WITH_SYNCTEX=$(usex synctex 1 0)
 		PREFIX="${EPREFIX}"/usr
 		LIBDIR='${PREFIX}'/$(get_libdir)
 		CC="$(tc-getCC)"
@@ -50,6 +52,10 @@ pkg_setup() {
 	)
 }
 
+src_prepare() {
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-synctex.patch
+}
+
 src_compile() {
 	emake "${myzathuraconf[@]}"
 }