diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ee433ec79..5910e1bb4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+Sun Jul 19 03:31:08 1998  John Ellis  <johne@bellatlantic.net>
+
+	* configure.in: variable PROGRAM_GMENU with a check for
+	gtk/gtkctree.h which is in the devel GTK.
+	* Makefile.am: added above variable in the subdirs section, now
+	gmenu is built/installed by default if the devel GTK is found.
+
 1998-07-19  Raja R Harinath  <harinath@cs.umn.edu>
 
 	* configure.in (SMPROXY_DEFS): Use `STD_DEFINES' rather than
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b5f8f8f3f..7aeacd282 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUBDIRS = intl po macros \
 	 panel applets \
 	 gsm smproxy pixmaps desktop-links desktop-properties help-browser \
-	 gnome-terminal core-docs
+	 gnome-terminal core-docs @PROGRAM_GMENU@
 
 ## to automatically rebuild aclocal.m4 if any of the macros in `macros/' change
 @MAINT@include macros/macros.dep
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 087aa3a6c..cc00abde8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ LIBS="$oLIBS"
 
 dnl AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(gemvt)
 
+dnl gmenu requires ctree in the devel GTK 1.1, this is a simple check
+dnl for gtk/gtkctree.h
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(gtk/gtkctree.h,[PROGRAM_GMENU=gmenu])
+AC_SUBST(PROGRAM_GMENU)
+
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 po/Makefile.in