diff -urN gtk-sharp-0.98.orig/configure.in gtk-sharp-0.98/configure.in
--- gtk-sharp-0.98.orig/configure.in	2004-06-20 12:44:16.977015568 +0200
+++ gtk-sharp-0.98/configure.in	2004-06-20 12:50:28.532530544 +0200
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 
 MONO_REQUIRED_VERSION=0.96
 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
 GACUTIL_FLAGS='/package $(PACKAGE) /gacdir $(libdir)'
@@ -76,17 +77,22 @@
 	LIB_SUFFIX=
 fi
 else
-AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, csc.exe, no)
-GACUTIL_FLAGS=
-GENERATED_SOURCES=generated\\\\*.cs
-
-if test x$CSC = "xno"; then
-	AC_MSG_ERROR([You need to install either mono or .Net])
-else
-RUNTIME=
-LIB_PREFIX=
-LIB_SUFFIX=.dylib
-fi
+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#"