diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f66241f5..9938e1e71 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ src/tuxpaint.desktop
 src/tuxpaint-fullscreen.desktop
 src/org.tuxpaint.Tuxpaint.appdata.xml
 test-png
+inkscape
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a934b3c0d..a7c41fdb4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Various contributors (see AUTHORS.txt)
 # https://tuxpaint.org/
 
-# June 14, 2002 - June 7, 2023
+# June 14, 2002 - June 12, 2023
 
 
 # The version number, for release:
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ clean:
 	@-rm -f dlllist a.exe
 	@-rm -f win32/Preprocessed.iss win32/tuxpaint-*.zip win32/tuxpaint-*.exe
 	@-rm -f test-png
+	@-rm -f ./inkscape
 	@echo
 
 # "make uninstall" should remove the various parts from their
@@ -882,6 +883,10 @@ $(INSTALLED_THUMB_STARTERS): $(DATA_PREFIX)/%: % install-example-starters-dirs
 echo-thumb-starters:
 	@echo
 	@echo "...Generating thumbnails for starters..."
+	@echo "# Don't let ImageMagick use Inkscape; use rsvgconvert instead" > ./inkscape
+	@echo "exit 1" >> ./inkscape
+	@chmod 755 ./inkscape
+	@(eval export PATH=$(shell pwd):$(PATH))
 
 # Create thumbnails for starters
 .PHONY: thumb-starters
@@ -936,6 +941,10 @@ $(INSTALLED_THUMB_TEMPLATES): $(DATA_PREFIX)/%: %
 echo-thumb-templates:
 	@echo
 	@echo "...Generating thumbnails for templates..."
+	@echo "# Don't let ImageMagick use Inkscape; use rsvgconvert instead" > ./inkscape
+	@echo "exit 1" >> ./inkscape
+	@chmod 755 ./inkscape
+	@(eval export PATH=$(shell pwd):$(PATH))
 
 # Create thumbnails for templates
 .PHONY: thumb-templates
diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.txt b/docs/CHANGES.txt
index 75907e463..2fe6d50d0 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -131,6 +131,15 @@ https://tuxpaint.org/
       local filesystem while generating packages, e.g. for Slackware Linux)
       Tim Dickson <dickson.tim@googlemail.com>
 
+    * When generating thumbnails for Starters & Templates, create a
+      "inkscape" shellscript, which simply does "exit 1", and add the
+      current directory to the beginning of the $PATH variable.
+      This will prevent ImageMagick's "convert" utility from using
+      Inkscape, if installed, and fallback to "rsvgconvert".
+      (When building Slackware packages, it was noticed that FontConfig
+      was running and generating a cache, which was unexpected.)
+      Tim Dickson <dickson.tim@googlemail.com>
+
 2023.May.18 (0.9.30)
   * Improvements to Stamp tool:
     ---------------------------