--- gnome-games-2.11.4/configure.in	2005-08-08 03:42:16.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-games-2.11.4.new/configure.in	2005-08-21 13:33:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -90,11 +90,17 @@
 AC_SUBST(GLADE_LIBS)
 
 ## Flags for Howl. Use of this library is optional.
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HOWL, howl >= 0.9.6, [ HOWL_PRESENT="yes" ],
-		  [ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DNO_HOWL"
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(howl, [ --disable-howl     build without howl support])
+if test "x$enable_howl" != "xno"; then
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(HOWL, howl >= 0.9.6, [ HOWL_PRESENT="yes" ],
+		   [ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DNO_HOWL"
 	            HOWL_PRESENT="no" ])
-AC_SUBST(HOWL_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(HOWL_LIBS)
+ AC_SUBST(HOWL_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(HOWL_LIBS)
+else
+ CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DNO_HOWL"
+ HOWL_PRESENT="no"
+fi
 
 GNOME_GAMES_CXXFLAGS="$GNOME_GAMES_CFLAGS -I\$(top_srcdir)/libgames-support $WARN_CXXFLAGS"
 GNOME_GAMES_CFLAGS="$GNOME_GAMES_CFLAGS -I\$(top_srcdir)/libgames-support $WARN_CFLAGS"