diff -urN gnome-sharp-2.24.2/configure.in gnome-sharp-2.24.2.new//configure.in
--- gnome-sharp-2.24.2/configure.in	2010-10-09 21:42:55.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-sharp-2.24.2.new//configure.in	2010-10-23 15:49:01.620369916 +0200
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@
 	fi
 fi
 
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MINT_DEPENDENCY, mint >= $MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION, has_mint=true, has_mint=false)
+if test "x$has_mint" = "xfalse" ; then
+	MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION=1.0
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MINT_DEPENDENCY, mint >= $MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION, has_mint=true, has_mint=false)
+	if test "x$has_mint" = "xtrue" ; then
+		enable_monogetoptions=yes
+	fi
+fi
+
 AC_PATH_PROG(GACUTIL, gacutil, no)
 if test "x$GACUTIL" = "xno" ; then
 	AC_MSG_ERROR([No gacutil tool found. You need to install either the mono or .Net SDK.])
@@ -126,6 +135,20 @@
 	LIB_PREFIX=.so
 	LIB_SUFFIX=
 fi
+elif test "x$has_mint" = "xtrue"; then
+dnl use mint if mono is not found
+GACUTIL_FLAGS='/package $(PACKAGE_VERSION) /root $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib'
+GENERATED_SOURCES=generated/*.cs
+AC_PATH_PROG(RUNTIME, mint, no)
+AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, mcs, no)
+LIB_PREFIX=.so
+LIB_SUFFIX=
+SDCHECK="`$GACUTIL /l |grep ^System.Drawing, | head -n1 |cut -f1 -d','`"
+if test "x$SDCHECK" = "xSystem.Drawing"; then
+       enable_dotnet=yes
+else
+       enable_dotnet=no
+fi
 else
 AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, csc.exe, no)
 GACUTIL_FLAGS=