--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -5641,16 +5641,21 @@ then
 
     AC_SUBST(MOZ_ENABLE_GIO)
     AC_SUBST(MOZ_GIO_CFLAGS)
     AC_SUBST(MOZ_GIO_LIBS)
    
     dnl ========================================================
     dnl = GConf support module
     dnl ========================================================
+    MOZ_ARG_DISABLE_BOOL(gconf,
+    [  --disable-gconf      Disable Gconf support ],
+        MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF=,
+        MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF=force)
+
     if test "$MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF"
     then
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MOZ_GCONF, gconf-2.0 >= $GCONF_VERSION gobject-2.0 ,[
             MOZ_GCONF_LIBS=`echo $MOZ_GCONF_LIBS | sed 's/-llinc\>//'`
             MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF=1
         ],[
             if test "$MOZ_ENABLE_GCONF" = "force"
             then