diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 9d0b73502a..4c1d56ca00 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -94,8 +94,24 @@ AC_EGREP_HEADER(atomic_set, asm/atomic.h,,
    HAVE_ATOMIC_H=no
 ])
 
-dnl Check for libmmx
-AC_CHECK_HEADER(mmx.h, HAVE_LIBMMX="yes", HAVE_LIBMMX="no")
+dnl Check for MMX capable compiler
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(Checking MMX compilation)
+AC_TRY_RUN([
+#include "include/mmx.h"
+
+main()
+{ movq_r2r(mm0, mm1); return 0; }
+],
+[
+HAVE_LIBMMX="yes"
+AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+],
+HAVE_LIBMMX="no"
+AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+,
+HAVE_LIBMMX="no"
+AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+)
 
 dnl Check for xaudio
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(xaudio/decoder.h,[
diff --git a/docs/gst/Makefile.am b/docs/gst/Makefile.am
index 11178ef786..6c0b276a73 100644
--- a/docs/gst/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/gst/Makefile.am
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ tmpl_sources =				\
 	tmpl/gsttype.sgml		\
 	tmpl/gstutils.sgml		\
 	tmpl/gstxml.sgml		\
-	tmpl/plugin.sgml		\
+	tmpl/plugin.sgml		
 
 SCANOBJS_FILES =		\
 	$(DOC_MODULE).signals	\