diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 279738f639..16ca2ae534 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2004-03-16  Johan Dahlin  <johan@gnome.org>
 
+	* configure.ac: Support build without gstplay and gstinterfaces
+
 	* gst/Makefile.am: Move the gstplay bindings over here
 
 	* Makefile.am, configure.ac: Remove examples/ and put them in
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 365ce15211..533e2c5cab 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 AC_INIT
 AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 
-m4_define(pygst_major_version, 2)
-m4_define(pygst_minor_version, 1)
-m4_define(pygst_micro_version, 0)
+m4_define(pygst_major_version, 0)
+m4_define(pygst_minor_version, 7)
+m4_define(pygst_micro_version, 90)
 m4_define(pygst_version, pygst_major_version.pygst_minor_version.pygst_micro_version)
 
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(gst-python, pygst_version)
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ dnl Add parameters for aclocal
 ACLOCAL="$ACLOCAL -I common/m4 $ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
 
 dnl required versions of other packages
-AC_SUBST(PYGTK_REQ, 1.99.4)
+AC_SUBST(PYGTK_REQ, 1.99.4) 
 AC_SUBST(GLIB_REQ,  2.0.0)
 AC_SUBST(GTK_REQ,   2.0.0)
-AC_SUBST(GST_REQ,   0.7.6)
+AC_SUBST(GST_REQ,   0.8.0)
 
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
@@ -51,17 +51,10 @@ AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(,[AC_MSG_ERROR(could not find Python headers)])
 
 dnl check for GStreamer
 GST_MAJORMINOR=0.8
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST, gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ,
-                  HAVE_GSTREAMER=yes,HAVE_GSTREAMER=no)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST, gstreamer-$GST_MAJORMINOR >= $GST_REQ)
 AC_SUBST(GST_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GST_LIBS)
 
-dnl Give error and exit if we don't have GStreamer
-if test "x$HAVE_GSTREAMER" = "xno"; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR(you need GStreamer development packages installed !)
-fi
-AC_SUBST(GST_MAJORMINOR)
-
 dnl check for pygtk
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYGTK, pygtk-2.0 >= $PYGTK_REQ)
 AC_SUBST(PYGTK_CFLAGS)
@@ -83,19 +76,17 @@ dnl AC_MSG_RESULT($PYGTK_CODEGEN)
 PYGTK_CODEGEN="$PYTHON \$(top_srcdir)/codegen/codegen.py"
 AC_SUBST(PYGTK_CODEGEN)
 
-#dnl check for glib
-#AM_PATH_GLIB_2_0(glib_required_version,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(maybe you want the gtk-gnome-1-2 branch?)],$extra_mods)
-#
-#dnl check to make sure we can find gtk
-#AM_PATH_GTK_2_0(gtk_required_version,,[AC_MSG_ERROR(maybe you want the gtk-gnome-1-2 branch?)],$extra_mods)
-
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for GStreamer interfaces include dir)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST_INTERFACES, gstreamer-interfaces-$GST_MAJORMINOR)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST_INTERFACES, gstreamer-interfaces-$GST_MAJORMINOR,
+                  HAVE_INTERFACES=yes,HAVE_INTERFACES=no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_INTERFACES, test "x$HAVE_INTERFACES" = "xyes")
 AC_SUBST(GST_INTERFACES_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GST_INTERFACES_INCLUDES)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for GStreamer play include dir)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLAY, gstreamer-play-$GST_MAJORMINOR)
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GST_PLAY, gstreamer-play-$GST_MAJORMINOR, 
+       	          HAVE_PLAY=yes,HAVE_PLAY=no)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_PLAY, test "x$HAVE_PLAY" = "xyes")
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLAY_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(GST_PLAY_INCLUDES)
 
diff --git a/gst/Makefile.am b/gst/Makefile.am
index cba003f171..6ff3b75292 100644
--- a/gst/Makefile.am
+++ b/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -32,14 +32,12 @@ defs_DATA += $(GST_DEFS)
 gst.c: $(GST_DEFS) $(GST_OVERRIDES)
 
 # gst-play bindings
-
-# FIXEME: configure.ac
 PLAY_OVERRIDES = play.override
 PLAY_DEFS = play.defs
 
-#if BUILD_PLAY
+if BUILD_PLAY
 pygstexec_LTLIBRARIES += play.la
-#endif
+endif
 play_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_CFLAGS) $(GST_PLAY_CFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing
 play_la_LIBADD = $(GST_LIBS) $(GST_PLAY_LIBS)
 play_la_LDFLAGS = $(common_ldflags) -export-symbols-regex initplay
@@ -51,14 +49,12 @@ defs_DATA += $(PLAY_DEFS)
 play.c: $(PLAY_DEFS) $(PLAY_OVERRIDES)
 
 # GStreamer interfaces bindings
-
 INTERFACES_OVERRIDES = interfaces.override xoverlay.override
 INTERFACES_DEFS = interfaces.defs xoverlay.defs xwindowlistener.defs
 
-# FIXEME: configure.ac
-#if BUILD_INTERFACES
+if BUILD_INTERFACES
 pygstexec_LTLIBRARIES += interfaces.la
-#endif
+endif
 interfaces_la_CFLAGS = $(GST_CFLAGS) $(GST_INTERFACES_CFLAGS) -fno-strict-aliasing
 interfaces_la_LIBADD = $(GST_LIBS) $(GST_INTERFACES_LIBS)
 interfaces_la_LDFLAGS = $(common_ldflags) -export-symbols-regex initinterface