diff --git a/acconfig.h b/acconfig.h
index afebd1dfca..ef77f5935e 100644
--- a/acconfig.h
+++ b/acconfig.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #undef PLUGINS_USE_SRCDIR
 
 #undef GST_CONFIG_DIR
+#undef GST_WIN32_LIBDIR
 
 #undef HAVE_CPU_I386
 #undef HAVE_CPU_PPC
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9e2df0ed01..2e464644f0 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AC_STDC_HEADERS
 AC_ARG_PROGRAM
 
-AM_DISABLE_STATIC
+dnl AM_DISABLE_STATIC
 AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN
 AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
@@ -440,6 +440,17 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(configdir,
 esac], 
 [:]) dnl Default value
 
+dnl Default value
+GST_WIN32_LIBDIR="/usr/lib/win32"
+AC_ARG_WITH(win32_libdir,
+[  --with-win32-libdir          specify location for win32 DLLs],
+[case "${withval}" in
+  yes) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-win32-libdir) ;;
+  no) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${withval} for --with-win32-libdir) ;;
+  *) GST_WIN32_LIBDIR="${withval}" ;;
+esac],
+[:]) dnl Default value
+
 
 dnl ################################################
 dnl # Set defines according to variables set above #