diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4fcf1513b..6b175c736 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-02-14  Rob Adams  <readams@readams.net>
+
+	* configure.in: Add configure option to not even try using
+	xinerama, to make metacity buildable on systems with no shared
+	library version of the xinerama libraries.  Patch for #134203 from
+	Julio M. Merino Vidal.
+
 2004-02-01  Rob Adams  <readams@readams.net>
 
 	* COMPLIANCE: Bring up to date with current draft EWHM.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 6a6a34999..daebbf3e1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -213,46 +213,51 @@ ALL_X_LIBS="$X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS -lX11 $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
 metacity_save_cppflags="$CPPFLAGS"
 CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS $X_CFLAGS"
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(xinerama,[  --disable-xinerama          disable metacity's use of the Xinerama extension],
+              try_xinerama=no,try_xinerama=yes)
+
 use_solaris_xinerama=no
 use_xfree_xinerama=no
-case "$host" in
-    *-*-solaris*)
-        # Check for solaris
-        use_solaris_xinerama=yes
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(Xext, XineramaGetInfo,
-        	     use_solaris_xinerama=yes, use_solaris_xinerama=no,
-                     $ALL_X_LIBS)
-        if test "x$use_solaris_xinerama" = "xyes"; then
-            AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/extensions/xinerama.h,
-                      	    if test -z "`echo $ALL_X_LIBS | grep "\-lXext" 2> /dev/null`"; then
-                                X_EXTRA_LIBS="-lXext $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
-        	            fi
-                            AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SOLARIS_XINERAMA, , [Have Solaris-style Xinerama])
-          	            AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XINERAMA, , [Have some version of Xinerama]),
-                            use_solaris_xinerama=no,
-                            [#include <X11/Xlib.h>])
-        fi	
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Xinerama support on Solaris)
-        AC_MSG_RESULT($use_solaris_xinerama);
-        ;;
-    *)
-        # Check for XFree
-        use_xfree_xinerama=yes
-        AC_CHECK_LIB(Xinerama, XineramaQueryExtension,
-            [AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/extensions/Xinerama.h,
-       	                     X_EXTRA_LIBS="-lXinerama $X_EXTRA_LIBS"   
-      	                     if test -z "`echo $ALL_X_LIBS | grep "\-lXext" 2> /dev/null`"; then
-             	                 X_EXTRA_LIBS="-lXext $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
-      	                     fi
-        	             AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XFREE_XINERAMA, , [Have XFree86-style Xinerama])
-      	                     AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XINERAMA,, [Have some version of Xinerama]), 
-      	                     use_xfree_xinerama=no,
-                             [#include <X11/Xlib.h>])],
-            use_xfree_xinerama=no, -lXext $ALL_X_LIBS)
-        AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Xinerama support on XFree86)
-        AC_MSG_RESULT($use_xfree_xinerama);
-        ;;
-esac
+if test "${try_xinerama}" != no; then
+    case "$host" in
+        *-*-solaris*)
+            # Check for solaris
+            use_solaris_xinerama=yes
+            AC_CHECK_LIB(Xext, XineramaGetInfo,
+                         use_solaris_xinerama=yes, use_solaris_xinerama=no,
+                         $ALL_X_LIBS)
+            if test "x$use_solaris_xinerama" = "xyes"; then
+                AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/extensions/xinerama.h,
+                                if test -z "`echo $ALL_X_LIBS | grep "\-lXext" 2> /dev/null`"; then
+                                    X_EXTRA_LIBS="-lXext $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
+                                fi
+                                AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SOLARIS_XINERAMA, , [Have Solaris-style Xinerama])
+                                AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XINERAMA, , [Have some version of Xinerama]),
+                                use_solaris_xinerama=no,
+                                [#include <X11/Xlib.h>])
+            fi	
+            AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Xinerama support on Solaris)
+            AC_MSG_RESULT($use_solaris_xinerama);
+            ;;
+        *)
+            # Check for XFree
+            use_xfree_xinerama=yes
+            AC_CHECK_LIB(Xinerama, XineramaQueryExtension,
+                [AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/extensions/Xinerama.h,
+                                 X_EXTRA_LIBS="-lXinerama $X_EXTRA_LIBS"   
+                                 if test -z "`echo $ALL_X_LIBS | grep "\-lXext" 2> /dev/null`"; then
+                                     X_EXTRA_LIBS="-lXext $X_EXTRA_LIBS"
+                                 fi
+                                 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XFREE_XINERAMA, , [Have XFree86-style Xinerama])
+                                 AC_DEFINE(HAVE_XINERAMA,, [Have some version of Xinerama]), 
+                                 use_xfree_xinerama=no,
+                                 [#include <X11/Xlib.h>])],
+                use_xfree_xinerama=no, -lXext $ALL_X_LIBS)
+            AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Xinerama support on XFree86)
+            AC_MSG_RESULT($use_xfree_xinerama);
+            ;;
+    esac
+fi
 
 CPPFLAGS="$metacity_save_cppflags"