diff -aruN a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure	2010-10-04 17:05:05.643932697 -0700
+++ b/configure	2010-10-11 13:35:22.000000000 -0700
@@ -20221,7 +20221,6 @@
 fi
 
 
-DBUS_VERSION="Disabled"
 DBUS_SYS_DIR="Disabled"
 DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_DEFAULT_ADDRESS="Disabled"
 if test "x$HAVE_DBUS" = "xyes" ; then
@@ -20321,7 +20320,9 @@
 $as_echo "#define HAVE_DBUS 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 
-    DBUS_VERSION=`$PKG_CONFIG dbus-1 --modversion`
+    if test "z$DBUS_VERSION" = "z"; then
+        DBUS_VERSION=`$PKG_CONFIG dbus-1 --modversion`
+    fi
     DBUS_VERSION_MAJOR=`echo $DBUS_VERSION | awk -F. '{print $1}'`
     DBUS_VERSION_MINOR=`echo $DBUS_VERSION | awk -F. '{print $2}'`
     DBUS_VERSION_MICRO=`echo $DBUS_VERSION | awk -F. '{print $3}'`