diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2b2498a45..0d1f721f3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-10-21  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@ximian.com>
+
+	* configure.in : guard against broken installs where enable_gnome
+	fails but enable_gnomedb succeeds. [Fixes #67986]
+
 2004-10-20  Dan Winship  <danw@novell.com>
 
 	* gdk/Window.custom: add a new constructor that takes a
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2fd288f42..73bced273 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -142,10 +142,13 @@ AC_SUBST(GLADE_LIBS)
 
 LIBGDA_REQUIRED_VERSION=1.0.0
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBGDA_DEPENDENCIES, libgda >= $LIBGDA_REQUIRED_VERSION, enable_gda=yes, enable_gda=no)
+
 enable_gnomedb=no
+if test "x$enable_gnome" = "xyes"; then
 if test "x$enable_gda" = "xyes"; then
 	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(LIBGNOMEDB_DEPENDENCIES, libgnomedb >= $LIBGDA_REQUIRED_VERSION, enable_gnomedb=yes, enable_gnomedb=no)
 fi
+fi
 
 RSVG_REQUIRED_VERSION=2.0.1
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(RSVG_DEPENDENCIES, librsvg-2.0 >= $RSVG_REQUIRED_VERSION, enable_rsvg=yes, enable_rsvg=no)