--- sphinxsearch/action.php~	2010-10-29 10:26:51.000000000 +0300
+++ sphinxsearch/action.php	2010-11-02 10:49:40.942111150 +0200
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@
 
 require_once(DOKU_INC.'inc/parser/parser.php');
 
+// No pecl class, try php version
+if (!class_exists('SphinxClient')) {
+	// loads from php include_path
+	require_once 'sphinxapi.php';
+}
+
 require_once(DOKU_PLUGIN . 'action.php');
-require_once(DOKU_PLUGIN . 'sphinxsearch/sphinxapi.php');
 require_once(DOKU_PLUGIN . 'sphinxsearch/PageMapper.php');
 require_once(DOKU_PLUGIN . 'sphinxsearch/SphinxSearch.php');
 require_once(DOKU_PLUGIN . 'sphinxsearch/functions.php');