diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index d8f050ec16..d3490befb4 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -2317,10 +2317,12 @@ if test "x${enable_skins}" != "xno"; then
     CPPFLAGS_skins="${CPPFLAGS_skins} -O2 -fno-rtti -Imodules/gui/skins -Imodules/gui/skins/src -Imodules/gui/skins/win32 -Imodules/gui/skins/controls"
     LDFLAGS_skins="${LDFLAGS_skins} -lstdc++ -lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 -lole32 -luuid -lcomctl32 -lmsimg32"
   else
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK2, [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0, gthread-2.0])
-    PLUGINS="${PLUGINS} skins"
-    CPPFLAGS_skins="${CPPFLAGS_skins} -O2 -fno-rtti -Imodules/gui/skins -Imodules/gui/skins/src -Imodules/gui/skins/gtk2 -Imodules/gui/skins/controls -Imodules/gui/skins/parser ${GTK2_CFLAGS}"
-    LDFLAGS_skins="${LDFLAGS_skins} -lstdc++  ${GTK2_LIBS}"
+    if test "x${enable_skins}" = "xyes"; then
+      PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK2, [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0.0, gthread-2.0])
+      PLUGINS="${PLUGINS} skins"
+      CPPFLAGS_skins="${CPPFLAGS_skins} -O2 -fno-rtti -Imodules/gui/skins -Imodules/gui/skins/src -Imodules/gui/skins/gtk2 -Imodules/gui/skins/controls -Imodules/gui/skins/parser ${GTK2_CFLAGS}"
+      LDFLAGS_skins="${LDFLAGS_skins} -lstdc++  ${GTK2_LIBS}"
+    fi
   fi
 fi