--- gigedit/trunk/configure.ac	2008/12/28 09:53:14	1822
+++ gigedit/trunk/configure.ac	2008/12/28 09:58:05	1823
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
 IT_PROG_INTLTOOL(0.35.0)
 AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
 
+case $host in
+    *mingw*|*cygwin*) windows=yes ;;
+    *)                windows=no ;;
+esac
+AM_CONDITIONAL(WINDOWS, test "$windows" = "yes")
+
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTKMM, gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.4.10 gthread-2.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GIG, gig >= 3.2.0)