diff -Nuard gtk-sharp-0.93.orig/configure.in gtk-sharp-0.93/configure.in
--- gtk-sharp-0.93.orig/configure.in	2004-05-31 21:23:48.000000000 +0200
+++ gtk-sharp-0.93/configure.in	2004-06-11 21:37:56.027002048 +0200
@@ -61,28 +61,38 @@
 
 MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.91.99
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MONO_DEPENDENCY, mono >= $MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION, has_mono=true, has_mono=false)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MINT_DEPENDENCY, mint >= $MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION, has_mint=true, has_mint=false)
 
 if test "x$has_mono" = "xtrue"; then
-if test `uname -s` = "Darwin"; then
+    if test `uname -s` = "Darwin"; then
 	AC_PATH_PROG(RUNTIME, mint, no)
 	AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, mcs, no)
 	LIB_PREFIX=
 	LIB_SUFFIX=.dylib
-else
+    else
 	AC_PATH_PROG(RUNTIME, mono, no)
 	AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, mcs, no)
 	LIB_PREFIX=.so
 	LIB_SUFFIX=
-fi
-else
-AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, csc.exe, no)
-if test x$CSC = "xno"; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([You need to install either mono or .Net])
+    fi
+    
 else
-RUNTIME=
-LIB_PREFIX=
-LIB_SUFFIX=.dylib
-fi
+dnl use mint if mono is not found
+    if test "x$has_mint" = "xtrue"; then
+	AC_PATH_PROG(RUNTIME, mint, no)
+	AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, mcs, no)
+	LIB_PREFIX=
+	LIB_SUFFIX=.so
+    else
+	AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, csc.exe, no)
+	if test x$CSC = "xno"; then
+	    AC_MSG_ERROR([You need to install either mono or .Net])
+	else
+	    RUNTIME=
+	    LIB_PREFIX=
+	    LIB_SUFFIX=.dylib
+	fi
+    fi
 fi
 
 CS="C#"