--- server/core.c.org	2006-11-22 12:37:15.991248750 +0100
+++ server/core.c	2006-11-22 12:39:30.535657250 +0100
@@ -1129,7 +1129,7 @@
     /* XXX Shouldn't this be relative to ServerRoot ??? */
     if (apr_filepath_merge((char**)&conf->ap_document_root, NULL, arg,
                            APR_FILEPATH_TRUENAME, cmd->pool) != APR_SUCCESS
-        || !ap_is_directory(cmd->pool, arg)) {
+        ) {
         if (cmd->server->is_virtual) {
             ap_log_perror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_STARTUP, 0,
                           cmd->pool,