--- recutils-1.5/configure.ac.orig
+++ recutils-1.5/configure.ac
@@ -85,17 +85,35 @@
 fi
 AC_SUBST([CHECKLIBS])
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([curl],
+              AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-curl],
+                             [Enable support for remote descriptors using libcurl (default is YES)]),
+              [curl_enabled=$enableval], [curl_enabled=yes])
+
 have_curl=no
-AC_CHECK_LIB([curl],[curl_global_init],[have_curl=yes],)
-if test "x$have_curl" = "xyes"; then
-   CURLLIBS=-lcurl
+if test "x$curl_enabled" = "xyes"; then
+	AC_CHECK_LIB([curl],[curl_global_init],[have_curl=yes],)
+	if test "x$have_curl" = "xyes"; then
+		CURLLIBS=-lcurl
+	else
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([curl support enabled but libcurl not found])
+	fi
 fi
 AC_SUBST([CURLLIBS])
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([mdb],
+              AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-mdb],
+                             [Build the mdb2rec utility (default is YES)]),
+              [mdb_enabled=$enableval], [mdb_enabled=yes])
+
 have_mdb=no
-AC_CHECK_LIB([mdb],[mdb_init],[have_mdb=yes],)
-if test "x$have_mdb" = "xyes"; then
-   MDBLIBS=-lmdb
+if test "x$mdb_enabled" = "xyes"; then
+	AC_CHECK_LIB([mdb],[mdb_init],[have_mdb=yes],)
+	if test "x$have_mdb" = "xyes"; then
+		MDBLIBS=-lmdb
+	else
+		AC_MSG_ERROR([mdb support enabled but libmdb not found])
+	fi
 fi
 AC_SUBST([MDBLIBS])
 
@@ -119,8 +137,10 @@
 AC_SUBST([crypt_support])
 
 have_glib=no
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], [glib-2.0 >= 2.0.0],
-                  [have_glib=yes], [have_glib=no])
+if test "x$mdb_enabled" = "xyes"; then
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], [glib-2.0 >= 2.0.0],
+					[have_glib=yes], [have_glib=no])
+fi
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL([COMPILE_MDB2REC],
                [test "x$have_glib" = "xyes" && test "x$have_mdb" = "xyes"])