diff --git a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_gstreamer.c b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_gstreamer.c
index 05b1fbe8dc..9fe654311b 100644
--- a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_gstreamer.c
+++ b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_gstreamer.c
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@
 #include <gst/video/gstvideosink.h>
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
+// forcibly disable x overlay window.. broken badly.
+#undef HAVE_ECORE_X
+
 #ifdef HAVE_ECORE_X
 # include <Ecore_X.h>
 # ifdef HAVE_XOVERLAY_H
diff --git a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
index 5d16c8808b..1a1199f78e 100644
--- a/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
+++ b/src/modules/emotion/gstreamer/emotion_sink.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 #include <gst/video/gstvideosink.h>
 #include <gst/video/video.h>
 
+// forcibly disable x overlay window.. broken badly.
+#undef HAVE_ECORE_X
+
 #ifdef HAVE_ECORE_X
 # include <Ecore_X.h>
 # include <Ecore_Evas.h>