diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 7b8c77c85..f1e1d1d06 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-SUBDIRS = intl po panel gsm pixmaps desktop-links desktop-properties \
-	help-browser macros
+SUBDIRS = intl po gsm pixmaps desktop-links desktop-properties \
+	gemvt help-browser macros panel
 
 ## 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 161248145..074813148 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
 
 AM_ACLOCAL_INCLUDE(macros)
 
+dnl
+dnl let applications configure for gnome
+dnl
+gnome_cv_use_gnome=yes
+
 GNOME_INIT
 
 AC_ISC_POSIX
@@ -54,6 +59,8 @@ test -n "$CDROM_HOST" && PROGRAMS_PANEL_CDPLAYER=cdplayer
 AC_SUBST(CDROM_HOST)
 AC_SUBST(PROGRAMS_PANEL_CDPLAYER)
 
+AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS(gemvt)
+
 AC_OUTPUT([
 Makefile
 po/Makefile.in