diff --git a/gramps2/configure.in b/gramps2/configure.in
index 1ab9d6d2b..21e4e474d 100644
--- a/gramps2/configure.in
+++ b/gramps2/configure.in
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.57)
 AC_INIT(gramps, 1.0.0, gramps-bugs@lists.sourceforge.net)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(src/gramps.py)
 AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.6.3)
-RELEASE=0.CVS$(head -c 10 ${srcdir}/ChangeLog | tr -d '-')
-dnl RELEASE=1
+dnl RELEASE=0.CVS$(head -c 10 ${srcdir}/ChangeLog | tr -d '-')
+RELEASE=1
 
 VERSIONSTRING=$VERSION
 if test x"$RELEASE" != "x"
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ $pygtk_require
 try:
     import gconf
     out("YES")
+except ImportError:
+    import gnome.gconf
+    out("YES")
 except ImportError:
     out("NO")
 EOF