-dnl # GConf => mandatory
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MODEST_GCONF,gconf-2.0)
-AC_SUBST(MODEST_GCONF_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(MODEST_GCONF_LIBS)
-
-dnl # Gtk+ => mandatory
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MODEST_GTK,gtk+-2.0 >= 2.6)
-AC_SUBST(MODEST_GTK_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(MODEST_GTK_LIBS)
-
-dnl # Glade
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MODEST_GLADE,libglade-2.0,glade_support=yes,echo "no";glade_support=no)
-AC_SUBST(MODEST_GLADE_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(MODEST_GLADE_LIBS)
-
-dnl dnl build the Hildon UI?
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MODEST_HILDON,hildon libglade-2.0 libtinymailui-gtk-1.0,hildon_support=yes,echo "no";hildon_support=no)
-AC_SUBST(MODEST_HILDON_CFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(MODEST_HILDON_LIBS)
+AC_ARG_WITH(platform,
+[--with-platform=gtk platform to build for [gtk]],
+[case "${with_platform}" in
+ gtk) MODEST_PLATFORM_DIR=gtk;;
+ hildon) MODEST_PLATFORM_DIR=hildon;;
+ *) MODEST_PLATFORM_DIR=${with_platform}
+esac], [MODEST_PLATFORM_DIR=gtk
+ with_platform=gtk])
+AC_SUBST(MODEST_PLATFORM_DIR)
+
+dnl tempororily change hildon into gtk...
+if test "x$with_platform" = "xhildon"; then
+ AC_MSG_WARN([Hildon frontend is currently disabled])
+ with_platform="gtk"
+fi