diff -ru nautilus-2.20.0.exempi/configure.in nautilus-2.20.0/configure.in
--- nautilus-2.20.0.exempi/configure.in	2008-01-15 18:55:50.669640000 -0500
+++ nautilus-2.20.0/configure.in	2008-01-16 02:42:49.370211570 -0500
@@ -260,18 +260,26 @@
 
 dnl ==========================================================================
 
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_EXEMPI, false)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_EXEMPI_NEW_API, false)
+
 dnl exempi checking
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EXEMPI, exempi-2.0 >= exempi_minver, [
-		  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_EXEMPI, true)
-		  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXEMPI, 1, [Define to enable XMP support])
-		  ], [AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_EXEMPI, false)])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(exempi, [  --disable-exempi        build without exempi support])
+msg_exempi=no
+	if test "x$enable_exempi" != "xno"; then
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EXEMPI, exempi-2.0 >= exempi_minver, [
+			  AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_EXEMPI, true)
+			  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXEMPI, 1, [Define to enable XMP support])
+			  ]
+			  msg_exempi=yes, [AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_EXEMPI, false)])
 
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EXEMPI_NEW_API, exempi-2.0 >= exempi_minver_newapi,
-		  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXEMPI_NEW_API, 1, [Define if we have exempi with the new API]), true)
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(EXEMPI_NEW_API, exempi-2.0 >= exempi_minver_newapi,
+			  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_EXEMPI_NEW_API, 1, [Define if we have exempi with the new API]), true)
 
-AC_SUBST(EXEMPI_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(EXEMPI_LIBS)
+	AC_SUBST(EXEMPI_CFLAGS)
+	AC_SUBST(EXEMPI_LIBS)
+fi
 
 dnl ==========================================================================
 dnl search implementations
@@ -502,6 +510,7 @@
 	prefix:                 ${prefix}
 	source code location:	${srcdir}
 	compiler:		${CC}
+	exempi support:		$msg_exempi
 	tracker support:	$msg_tracker
 	beagle support:		$msg_beagle