-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIB, gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED libgnomeui-2.0 >= $LIBGNOMEUI_REQUIRED libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BACKEND, gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED gnome-vfs-2.0 libgnome-2.0 >= $LIBGNOME_REQUIRED)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FRONTEND_CORE, gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED libgnomeui-2.0 >= $LIBGNOMEUI_REQUIRED gnome-icon-theme >= $GNOME_ICON_THEME_REQUIRED libglade-2.0)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SHELL_CORE, gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED libgnomeui-2.0 >= $LIBGNOMEUI_REQUIRED gnome-vfs-2.0 libglade-2.0 gconf-2.0 gnome-keyring-1 >= $KEYRING_REQUIRED)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIB, gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BACKEND, gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED gnome-vfs-2.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(FRONTEND_CORE, gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED libglade-2.0 gnome-vfs-2.0)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SHELL_CORE, libxml-2.0 >= $LIBXML_REQUIRED gtk+-2.0 >= $GTK_REQUIRED gnome-icon-theme >= $GNOME_ICON_THEME_REQUIRED gnome-vfs-2.0 libglade-2.0 gconf-2.0 gnome-keyring-1 >= $KEYRING_REQUIRED)
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(libgnome,
+ AC_HELP_STRING([--without-libgnome],[disable the use of libgnome]),
+ [case "${withval}" in
+ yes) WITH_GNOME=yes ;;
+ no) WITH_GNOME=no ;;
+ *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-libgnome) ;;
+ esac],
+ [WITH_GNOME=yes]) dnl Default value
+AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_GNOME, test x$WITH_GNOME = "xyes")