diff -ruN lives-0.9.8.6/m4-orig/sdl.m4 lives-0.9.8.6/m4/sdl.m4
--- lives-0.9.8.6/m4-orig/sdl.m4	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ lives-0.9.8.6/m4/sdl.m4	2007-11-26 10:46:25.662902217 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_SDL],
+[
+	echo "Hello, world"
+])
--- lives-0.9.8.6/configure.in.orig	2007-11-26 11:37:13.197981634 +0100
+++ lives-0.9.8.6/configure.in	2007-11-26 11:38:41.184558730 +0100
@@ -172,10 +172,13 @@
 AC_SUBST(SDL_CFLAGS)
 
 fi
-else FORCE_SDL=true
+else
+if test "x$disable_sdl" != "xyes" ; then
+FORCE_SDL=true
 SDL_PREFIX=${with-sdl-prefix}
 AC_SUBST(SDL_PREFIX)
 fi
+fi
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SDL,$HAVE_SDL)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(FORCE_SDL,$FORCE_SDL)