diff -Npaur libgnome-2.8.0/configure.in libgnome-2.8.0-esdcheck/configure.in
--- libgnome-2.8.0/configure.in	2004-09-12 19:31:58.000000000 +0200
+++ libgnome-2.8.0-esdcheck/configure.in	2004-12-13 13:28:01.404629192 +0100
@@ -112,15 +112,35 @@ dnl We first check for esound and audiof
 dnl support built in)
 dnl
 
-SOUND_MODULES="esound >= esound_required_version dnl
- audiofile >= audiofile_required_version"
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SOUND_TEST, [$SOUND_MODULES],
-[
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBAUDIOFILE,, [Compile with audiofile support])
-  AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ESD,, [Compile with esd support])
-],[
-  SOUND_MODULES=""
-])
+AC_ARG_WITH(esound,
+	AC_HELP_STRING([--without-esound],
+		[Disable support for ESD]) )
+
+if test "$with_esound" != "no"; then
+	SOUND_MODULES="$SOUND_MODULES dnl
+		"
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SOUND_TEST, [esound >= esound_required_version],
+	[
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_ESD,, [Compile with esd support])
+		SOUND_MODULES="$SOUND_MODULES dnl
+			esound >= esound_required_version"
+	])
+fi
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(audiofile,
+	AC_HELP_STRING([--without-audiofile],
+		[Disable support for AudioFile]) )
+
+if test "$with_audiofile" != "no"; then
+	SOUND_MODULES="$SOUND_MODULES dnl
+		"
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(SOUND_TEST, [audiofile >= audiofile_required_version],
+	[
+		AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBAUDIOFILE,, [Compile with audiofile support])
+		SOUND_MODULES="$SOUND_MODULES dnl
+			audiofile >= audiofile_required_version"
+	])
+fi
 
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBGNOME, dnl
  [glib-2.0 >= glib_required_version dnl