--- configure.in	2004-06-12 08:47:29.000000000 -0400
+++ /liquidx/configure.in	2004-06-26 23:20:12.785893120 -0400
@@ -70,15 +70,24 @@
 AC_SUBST(ADDSDPLIB)
 
 dnl Python bindings
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BTCTLPY, pygtk-2.0, HAVE_PYTHON=yes, HAVE_PYTHON=no)
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(for python support)
-if test "x$HAVE_PYTHON" = "xyes"; then
-    AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.2)
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
-    DEFSDIR=`pkg-config --variable=defsdir pygtk-2.0`
-    AC_SUBST(DEFSDIR)
-    AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(,[AC_MSG_ERROR(could not find Python headers)])
-else
+dnl Mono bindings
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(python, [  --enable-python  Build Python bindings [default=yes]], enable_python="$enableval", enable_python=yes)
+
+if test "x$enable_python" = "xyes"; then
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(BTCTLPY, pygtk-2.0, HAVE_PYTHON=yes, HAVE_PYTHON=no)
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for python support)
+   if test "x$HAVE_PYTHON" = "xyes"; then
+	   AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.2)
+       AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+       DEFSDIR=`pkg-config --variable=defsdir pygtk-2.0`
+	   AC_SUBST(DEFSDIR)
+       AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(,[AC_MSG_ERROR(could not find Python headers)])
+   else
+       AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+   fi
+else 
+   AC_MSG_CHECKING(for python support)
+    HAVE_PYTHON=no
     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_PYTHON, [test $HAVE_PYTHON = yes])