diff -NurB katoob-0.3.5-orig/src/katoobdocument.c katoob-0.3.5/src/katoobdocument.c
--- katoob-0.3.5-orig/src/katoobdocument.c	2003-10-02 06:22:00.000000000 -0500
+++ katoob-0.3.5/src/katoobdocument.c	2003-10-02 06:31:50.000000000 -0500
@@ -2836,10 +2836,12 @@
 					 (GTK_TEXT_VIEW
 					  (doc->priv->textview)->buffer),
 					 FALSE);
+#ifdef HAVE_SPELL
 	if (config->spell_check)
 	  {
 	    katoob_document_enable_spell_checker (doc);
 	  }
+#endif
 
 	katoob_document_set_bidi (doc, config->text_dir);
 	return;
@@ -3027,7 +3029,9 @@
 	break;
       }
     }
+#ifdef HAVE_SPELL
   katoob_document_disable_spell_checker (doc);
+#endif
   katoob_document_set_bidi (doc, KATOOB_BIDI_LTR);
 }
 
diff -NurB katoob-0.3.5-orig/src/Makefile.in katoob-0.3.5/src/Makefile.in
--- katoob-0.3.5-orig/src/Makefile.in	2003-10-02 06:22:00.000000000 -0500
+++ katoob-0.3.5/src/Makefile.in	2003-10-02 06:23:29.000000000 -0500
@@ -134,11 +134,11 @@
 EXTRA_DIST = katoobmarshalers.list
 
 bin_PROGRAMS = katoob
-INCLUDES = $(SPELL_CFLAGS) $(KATOOB_CFLAGS) $(HIGHLIGHT_CFLAGS) -I./fribidi/ \
-		$(PANGOFT2_CFLAGS)
+INCLUDES = $(PANGOFT2_CFLAGS) $(SPELL_CFLAGS) $(KATOOB_CFLAGS) \
+		$(HIGHLIGHT_CFLAGS) -I./fribidi/
 
-katoob_LDADD = -L./fribidi -lfribidi $(SPELL_LIBS) $(KATOOB_LIBS) \
-		$(PANGOFT2_LIBS) $(HIGHLIGHT_LIBS) $(spell_cxx)
+katoob_LDADD = -L./fribidi -lfribidi $(PANGOFT2_LIBS) $(SPELL_LIBS) \
+		$(KATOOB_LIBS) $(HIGHLIGHT_LIBS) $(spell_cxx)
 
 
 katoob_DEPENDENCIES = fribidi/libfribidi.la