diff --git a/app-misc/rox-filer/rox-filer-2.11-r1.ebuild b/app-misc/rox-filer/rox-filer-2.11-r1.ebuild
index aa172236a8d99..937f730eb2496 100644
--- a/app-misc/rox-filer/rox-filer-2.11-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-misc/rox-filer/rox-filer-2.11-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
 
-inherit desktop virtualx
+inherit desktop optfeature virtualx
 
 DESCRIPTION="ROX-Filer a drag and drop spatial file manager"
 HOMEPAGE="http://rox.sourceforge.net/desktop/ROX-Filer.html"
@@ -73,3 +73,7 @@ src_install() {
 
 	domenu "${FILESDIR}"/rox.desktop
 }
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "WebP image thumbnails" gui-libs/gdk-pixbuf-loader-webp
+}