diff --git a/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-9999.ebuild b/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-9999.ebuild
index 1745e4ba07..2a78f51304 100644
--- a/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-9999.ebuild
+++ b/media-libs/libjxl/libjxl-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 2021-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
-EAPI="7"
+EAPI=8
 
-inherit xdg cmake git-r3
+inherit cmake git-r3 xdg
 
 DESCRIPTION="JPEG XL image format reference implementation"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl"
@@ -12,22 +12,24 @@ EGIT_REPO_URI="https://github.com/libjxl/libjxl.git"
 
 LICENSE="BSD"
 SLOT="0"
-IUSE="examples"
+IUSE="examples gdk-pixbuf gimp210"
 
 DEPEND="app-arch/brotli
-	sys-libs/zlib
-	media-libs/libpng
-	virtual/jpeg
-	virtual/opengl
-	media-libs/freeglut
-	media-libs/giflib
-	media-libs/openexr:=
-	dev-util/google-perftools
-	x11-misc/shared-mime-info
 	dev-cpp/gflags
 	dev-cpp/gtest
 	dev-cpp/highway
+	dev-util/google-perftools
+	media-libs/freeglut
+	media-libs/giflib
 	media-libs/lcms
+	media-libs/libpng
+	media-libs/openexr:=
+	sys-libs/zlib
+	virtual/jpeg
+	virtual/opengl
+	x11-misc/shared-mime-info
+	gdk-pixbuf? ( x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf:2 )
+	gimp210? ( >=media-gfx/gimp-2.10.28:0/2 )
 "
 
 BDEPEND=""
@@ -38,7 +40,6 @@ src_configure() {
 	local mycmakeargs=(
 		-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON
 		-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
-		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_BENCHMARK=OFF
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_COVERAGE=OFF
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_FUZZERS=OFF
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ src_configure() {
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_EXAMPLES=$(usex examples)
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_VIEWERS=OFF
 		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_PLUGINS=ON
+		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_PLUGIN_GDKPIXBUF=$(usex gdk-pixbuf)
+		-DJPEGXL_ENABLE_PLUGIN_GIMP210=$(usex gimp210)
 		-DJPEGXL_FORCE_SYSTEM_BROTLI=ON
 		-DJPEGXL_FORCE_SYSTEM_HWY=ON
 		-DJPEGXL_FORCE_SYSTEM_GTEST=ON
diff --git a/media-libs/libjxl/metadata.xml b/media-libs/libjxl/metadata.xml
index 5c6f84710f..40fe4cbfc5 100644
--- a/media-libs/libjxl/metadata.xml
+++ b/media-libs/libjxl/metadata.xml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 		<flag name="benchmark">Build JPEGXL benchmark tools</flag>
 		<flag name="devtools">Build JPEGXL developer tools</flag>
 		<!--<flag name="fuzzers">Build the fuzzers</flag>-->
+		<flag name="gdk-pixbuf">Build a gdk-pixbuf loader</flag>
+		<flag name="gimp210">Enable plugin for GIMP 2.10.x series</flag>
 		<flag name="openexr">Build JPEGXL with support for OpenEXR</flag>
 		<flag name="plugins">Build third-party plugins to support JPEG XL in other applications</flag>
 		<flag name="sjpeg">Build JPEGXL with support for encoding with sjpeg</flag>