--- /dev/null
+Make tests optional
+
+--- a/meson_options.txt 2016-09-19 23:35:54.944511834 +0200
++++ b/meson_options.txt 2016-09-19 23:36:10.693485976 +0200
+@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+ option('enable-xunit', type : 'boolean', value : false)
+ option('disable-help', type : 'boolean', value : false)
++option('enable-tests', type : 'boolean', value : false)
+--- a/meson.build 2017-09-03 22:52:39.681974053 +0200
++++ b/meson.build 2017-09-03 22:53:29.934556188 +0200
+@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@
+ if not get_option('disable-help')
+ subdir('help')
+ endif
+-subdir('tests')
+-subdir('tests/validate-tests')
++if get_option('enable-tests')
++ subdir('tests')
++ subdir('tests/validate-tests')
++endif
+
+ archiver = find_program('git-archive-all', required : false)
+ if archiver.found()
--- /dev/null
+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python{3_4,3_5} )
+PYTHON_REQ_USE="sqlite"
+
+inherit gnome.org meson python-single-r1 virtualx
+
+DESCRIPTION="A non-linear video editor using the GStreamer multimedia framework"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.pitivi.org"
+
+LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+IUSE="v4l test"
+REQUIRED_USE="${PYTHON_REQUIRED_USE}"
+
+# XXX: recommends gst-plugins-libav and frei0r-plugins
+
+# Do not forget to check pitivi/check.py for dependencies!!!
+# pycanberra, libav, libnotify and liwnck are optional
+GST_VER="1.10.2"
+
+COMMON_DEPEND="
+ ${PYTHON_DEPS}
+ >=dev-python/pycairo-1.10[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ >=x11-libs/cairo-1.10
+
+ >=media-libs/gstreamer-${GST_VER}:1.0[introspection]
+ >=media-plugins/gst-transcoder-1.8.2-r1
+"
+RDEPEND="${COMMON_DEPEND}
+ >=dev-libs/glib-2.30.0:2
+
+ >=dev-libs/gobject-introspection-1.34:=
+ dev-python/dbus-python[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ >=dev-python/gst-python-1.4:1.0[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ dev-python/matplotlib[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ dev-python/numpy[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ dev-python/pycanberra[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+ >=dev-python/pygobject-3.8:3[${PYTHON_USEDEP}]
+
+ gnome-base/librsvg:=
+
+ >=media-libs/gstreamer-editing-services-${GST_VER}:1.0[introspection]
+ >=media-libs/gst-plugins-base-${GST_VER}:1.0[introspection]
+ >=media-libs/gst-plugins-bad-${GST_VER}:1.0[gtk]
+ >=media-libs/gst-plugins-good-${GST_VER}:1.0
+ >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-libav-${GST_VER}:1.0
+ >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-gdkpixbuf-${GST_VER}:1.0
+
+ x11-libs/libnotify[introspection]
+ x11-libs/libwnck:3[introspection]
+ >=x11-libs/gtk+-3.20.0:3[introspection]
+
+ v4l? ( >=media-plugins/gst-plugins-v4l2-${GST_VER}:1.0 )
+"
+DEPEND="${RDEPEND}
+ app-text/yelp-tools
+ dev-python/setuptools
+ >=dev-util/intltool-0.35.5
+ dev-util/itstool
+ sys-devel/gettext
+ virtual/pkgconfig
+ test? ( dev-python/nose2[${PYTHON_USEDEP}] )
+"
+
+PATCHES=(
+ # Make tests optional, bug #594096
+ "${FILESDIR}"/${P}-optional-tests.patch
+)
+
+src_configure() {
+ local emesonargs=(
+ -Denable-tests=$(usex test true false)
+ )
+ meson_src_configure
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+ meson_src_compile
+}
+
+src_test() {
+ export PITIVI_TOP_LEVEL_DIR="${S}"
+ virtx meson_src_test
+}
+
+src_install() {
+ meson_src_install
+ python_fix_shebang "${D}"
+}