diff -ruN ogrenew.orig/acinclude.m4 ogrenew/acinclude.m4
--- ogrenew.orig/acinclude.m4	2006-07-28 05:47:30.000000000 +0400
+++ ogrenew/acinclude.m4	2007-02-07 21:41:10.000000000 +0300
@@ -493,3 +493,13 @@
     esac
     AC_SUBST(OGRE_THREAD_LIBS)
 ])
+
+AC_DEFUN([OGRE_CHECK_SAMPLES],
+[
+	AC_ARG_ENABLE(samples,
+              AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-samples], [Do not build samples]),
+              [build_samples=$enableval],
+              [build_samples=yes])
+	AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_SAMPLES], [test "x$build_samples" != "xyes"])
+])
+
diff -ruN ogrenew.orig/configure.in ogrenew/configure.in
--- ogrenew.orig/configure.in	2007-01-20 17:21:21.000000000 +0300
+++ ogrenew/configure.in	2007-02-07 21:30:54.000000000 +0300
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 OGRE_CHECK_CG
 OGRE_CHECK_OPENEXR
 OGRE_CHECK_DX9
+OGRE_CHECK_SAMPLES
 
 dnl Detect endianness
 OGRE_DETECT_ENDIAN
diff -ruN ogrenew.orig/Samples/Makefile.am ogrenew/Samples/Makefile.am
--- ogrenew.orig/Samples/Makefile.am	2006-05-05 01:31:55.000000000 +0400
+++ ogrenew/Samples/Makefile.am	2007-02-07 21:36:42.000000000 +0300
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-SUBDIRS = SkeletalAnimation BezierPatch EnvMapping Transpacency Lighting \
-ParticleFX TextureFX SkyDome BSP Common SkyPlane SkyBox CameraTrack Terrain \
+SUBDIRS = Common
+
+if BUILD_SAMPLES
+SUBDIRS += SkeletalAnimation BezierPatch EnvMapping Transpacency Lighting \
+ParticleFX TextureFX SkyDome BSP SkyPlane SkyBox CameraTrack Terrain \
 RenderToTexture Water CubeMapping Dot3Bump Smoke CelShading Fresnel Shadows \
 DynTex VolumeTex Grass DeferredShading
 
@@ -7,4 +10,4 @@
 SUBDIRS += Gui FacialAnimation OceanDemo Compositor
 endif
 
-
+endif