diff --git a/dev-lisp/gcl/gcl-2.6.12.ebuild b/dev-lisp/gcl/gcl-2.6.12.ebuild
index 959c269..eaa4f65 100644
--- a/dev-lisp/gcl/gcl-2.6.12.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lisp/gcl/gcl-2.6.12.ebuild
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ src_configure() {
 
 	econf --enable-dynsysgmp \
 		--disable-xdr \
-		--enable-emacsdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gcl \
 		--enable-infodir=/usr/share/info \
 		$(use_enable readline) \
 		$(use_enable ansi) \
 		$(use_enable athena xgcl) \
 		$(use_with X x) \
+		$(usex emacs '--enable-emacsdir=/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/gcl' '') \
 		${tcl}
 }