--- /dev/null
+diff -ru seeks-0.3.3/configure.in seeks-0.3.3-new/configure.in
+--- seeks-0.3.3/configure.in 2011-04-30 10:16:57.000000000 +0200
++++ seeks-0.3.3-new/configure.in 2011-05-28 14:44:13.094516755 +0200
+@@ -351,17 +351,25 @@
+ #==========================================================================
+ # Finding icu
+ #==========================================================================
+-# First, check for the icu-config tool
+-AC_PATH_PROGS(ICU_CONFIG, icu-config, no)
+-if test x$ICU_CONFIG = xno; then
+- AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ICU,false)
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(icu,
++AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-icu], [Don't use icu to detect and convert non-UTF8 strings (default is NO)]),
++[enableval2=$enableval],
++[enableval2=yes])
++if test $enableval2 = yes; then
++ # First, check for the icu-config tool
++ AC_PATH_PROGS(ICU_CONFIG, icu-config, no)
++ if test x$ICU_CONFIG = xno; then
++ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ICU,false)
++ else
++ AC_DEFINE(FEATURE_ICU,1,"ICU library is there")
++ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ICU,true)
++ ICU_LDADD=`$ICU_CONFIG --ldflags`
++ AC_SUBST(ICU_LDADD)
++ ICU_CFLAGS=`$ICU_CONFIG --cppflags`
++ AC_SUBST(ICU_CFLAGS)
++ fi
+ else
+- AC_DEFINE(FEATURE_ICU,1,"ICU library is there")
+- AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ICU,true)
+- ICU_LDADD=`$ICU_CONFIG --ldflags`
+- AC_SUBST(ICU_LDADD)
+- ICU_CFLAGS=`$ICU_CONFIG --cppflags`
+- AC_SUBST(ICU_CFLAGS)
++ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_ICU,false)
+ fi
+
+ #ICU_LDADD=`$ICU_CONFIG --ldflags`