diff -u Thunar-0.8.0.orig/configure.in Thunar-0.8.0/configure.in
--- Thunar-0.8.0.orig/configure.in	2007-01-20 15:40:37.000000000 -0500
+++ Thunar-0.8.0/configure.in	2007-03-09 17:40:41.000000000 -0500
@@ -268,7 +268,10 @@
 dnl ****************************************************
 dnl *** Check for file system monitor implementation ***
 dnl ****************************************************
-BM_THUNAR_VFS_MONITOR_IMPL()
+AC_ARG_WITH([fam], AS_HELP_STRING([--without-fam], [Build without file alteration monitor (default: with)]))
+if test "x$with_fam" != "xno"; then
+  BM_THUNAR_VFS_MONITOR_IMPL()
+fi
 
 dnl ***********************************************
 dnl *** Check for volume manager implementation ***