diff -Naur kdenetwork-4.9.4/kopete/protocols/wlm/wlmchatsession.cpp kdenetwork-4.9.4-giflib5/kopete/protocols/wlm/wlmchatsession.cpp
--- kdenetwork-4.9.4/kopete/protocols/wlm/wlmchatsession.cpp	2012-11-30 01:32:44.000000000 +0100
+++ kdenetwork-4.9.4-giflib5/kopete/protocols/wlm/wlmchatsession.cpp	2012-12-21 14:29:19.626776830 +0100
@@ -467,11 +467,20 @@
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_GIFLIB
 #ifdef HAVE_GIF_ERROR_STRING // giflib 4.2.0+
+#if GIFLIB_MAJOR >= 5
+	int ErrorCode;
+        const char * errorString = GifErrorString(ErrorCode);
+#else
         const char * errorString = GifErrorString();
+#endif
         if (errorString)
             fprintf(stderr, "GIF-LIB error: %s\n", errorString);
         else
+#if GIFLIB_MAJOR >= 5
+            fprintf(stderr, "GIF-LIB undefined error.\n");
+#else
             fprintf(stderr, "GIF-LIB undefined error: %d\n", GifError());
+#endif
 #else // older giflib versions, libungif
         PrintGifError();
 #endif // HAVE_GIF_ERROR_STRING
@@ -489,12 +498,12 @@
     ColorMapObject *imageColourmap;
     QImage img = ink.toImage().convertToFormat(QImage::Format_Indexed8);
 
-    imageColourmap= MakeMapObject(256, NULL);
+    imageColourmap= GifMakeMapObject(256, NULL);
     if (!imageColourmap) {
         return;
     }
 
-    screenColourmap= MakeMapObject(256, NULL);
+    screenColourmap= GifMakeMapObject(256, NULL);
     if (!screenColourmap) {
         return;
     }
@@ -525,10 +534,15 @@
         }
     }
 
+#if GIFLIB_MAJOR >= 5
+    int ErrorCode;
+    GifFile= EGifOpenFileName(QFile::encodeName(filename).constData(), 0, &ErrorCode);
+#else
     GifFile= EGifOpenFileName(QFile::encodeName(filename).constData(), 0);
+#endif
     if (!GifFile) {
-        FreeMapObject(imageColourmap);
-        FreeMapObject(screenColourmap);
+        GifFreeMapObject(imageColourmap);
+        GifFreeMapObject(screenColourmap);
         return;
     }