diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0b8a803..ab9506b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ GLIB_MIN_VERSION=2.4
 
 echo BitlBee configure
 
+arglist=$@
 while [ -n "$1" ]; do
 	e="`expr "X$1" : 'X--\(.*=.*\)'`"
 	if [ -z "$e" ]; then
@@ -600,6 +601,19 @@ EOF
 	jabber=0
 	oscar=0
 	yahoo=0
+
+	# Unless it's requested in the commandline.
+	set x $arglist; shift
+	while [ -n "$1" ]
+	do
+		e="`expr "X$1" : 'X--\(.*=.*\)'`"
+		case "$e" in
+		msn=*|jabber=*|oscar=*|yahoo=*)
+			eval "$e"
+			;;
+		esac
+		shift
+	done
 	
 	if [ "$events" = "libevent" ]; then
 		echo 'Warning: Some libpurple modules (including msn-pecan) do their event handling'