diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 8c94911e12..085cfba02b 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([pam],
     [AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-pam], [disable PAM support])],
     ,
     [enable_pam="yes"])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([gtx],
+    AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-gtx], [disable gtx curses-based terminal tools]))
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([namei-fileserver],
     [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-namei-fileserver],
         [force compilation of namei fileserver in preference to inode
@@ -1371,16 +1373,16 @@ dnl see what struct stat has for timestamps
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_ctimespec, struct stat.st_ctimensec])
 
 dnl check for curses-lib
-save_LIBS=$LIBS
-AC_CHECK_LIB( [ncurses], [setupterm],
-[LIB_curses=-lncurses],
-    [AC_CHECK_LIB([Hcurses], [setupterm], [LIB_curses=-lHcurses],
-        [AC_CHECK_LIB([curses], [setupterm], [LIB_curses=-lcurses])
-    ])
-])
-LIBS=$save_LIBS
-AC_SUBST(LIB_curses)
-
+AS_IF([test "x$enable_gtx" != "xno"],
+      [save_LIBS=$LIBS
+      AC_CHECK_LIB( [ncurses], [setupterm],
+      [LIB_curses=-lncurses],
+        [AC_CHECK_LIB([Hcurses], [setupterm], [LIB_curses=-lHcurses],
+          [AC_CHECK_LIB([curses], [setupterm], [LIB_curses=-lcurses])])
+      ])
+      LIBS=$save_LIBS
+      AC_SUBST(LIB_curses)])
+	
 OPENAFS_TEST_PACKAGE(libintl,[#include <libintl.h>],[-lintl],,,INTL)
 
 dnl Don't build PAM on IRIX; the interface doesn't work for us.