diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c9b306e35..6d855aeec 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-12-13  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* configure.in : make gtkhtml conditional on enable_gnome. 
+	[Fixes #70502]
+
 2004-12-09  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
 
 	* gtkhtml/HTML.custom : remove obsolete attr for Write overload.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7b6f74682..91f4e0435 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ fi
 RSVG_REQUIRED_VERSION=2.0.1
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(RSVG_DEPENDENCIES, librsvg-2.0 >= $RSVG_REQUIRED_VERSION, enable_rsvg=yes, enable_rsvg=no)
 
+if test "x$enable_gnome" = "xyes"; then
 GTKHTML_REQUIRED_VERSION=3.0.10
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTKHTML_DEPENDENCIES, libgtkhtml-3.0 >= $GTKHTML_REQUIRED_VERSION, enable_gtkhtml=yes, enable_gtkhtml=no)
 if test "x$enable_gtkhtml" = "xyes"; then
@@ -177,6 +178,11 @@ else
 		GTKHTML_SOVERSION=
 	fi
 fi
+else
+	enable_gtkhtml=no
+	GTKHTML_VERSION=
+	GTKHTML_SOVERSION=
+fi
 AC_SUBST(GTKHTML_VERSION)
 AC_SUBST(GTKHTML_SOVERSION)