diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad774abc..05bcf818 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 1998-12-09  Martin Baulig  <martin@home-of-linux.org>
 
+	* configure.in: We need to define LIBSUPPORT and SUPPORTINCS under
+	all circumstances as it is in gnome-libs.
+
 	* include/glibtop/procargs.h (glibtop_get_proc_args): Make the
 	return value a `char *' instead of a `const char *'.
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 956e7e0f..94e2da3e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -234,16 +234,12 @@ dnl Debugging
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug, [  --enable-debug          turn on debugging [default=no]],AC_DEFINE(LIBGTOP_ENABLE_DEBUG),)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(fatal-warnings, [  --enable-fatal-warnings make all warnings fatal [debug=no]],AC_DEFINE(LIBGTOP_FATAL_WARNINGS),)
 
-LIBSUPPORT=
-SUPPORTINCS=
-if test "$need_gnome_support" = yes; then
-   if test "x$gnome_found" = xyes ; then
-     LIBSUPPORT="$GNOME_LIBDIR -lgnomesupport"
-     SUPPORTINCS="$GNOME_INCLUDEDIR"
-   else
-     LIBSUPPORT='$(top_builddir)/support/libgnomesupport.la'
-     SUPPORTINCS='-DNEED_GNOMESUPPORT_H -I$(top_builddir)/support -I$(top_srcdir)/support'
-   fi
+if test "x$gnome_found" = xyes ; then
+  LIBSUPPORT="$GNOME_LIBDIR -lgnomesupport"
+  SUPPORTINCS="$GNOME_INCLUDEDIR"
+else
+  LIBSUPPORT='$(top_builddir)/support/libgnomesupport.la'
+  SUPPORTINCS='-DNEED_GNOMESUPPORT_H -I$(top_builddir)/support -I$(top_srcdir)/support'
 fi
 
 dnl Some ugly hack; if '-lgnomesupport' is part of $GNOME_LIBS,