configure.ac |   10 +++++++++-

 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac

index a138b32..9bf2efb 100644

--- a/configure.ac

+++ b/configure.ac

@@ -190,7 +190,15 @@ dnl -----------------------

 # until we fix it, leave it disabled

 asm_support=no

 mmx_support=no

-if test "$ac_cv_prog_gcc" = yes; then

+

+check_for_mmx_support=yes

+AC_ARG_ENABLE(mmx,

+  [  --disable-mmx          disable compilation of MMX inline assembly ],

+  [if test x$enableval != xyes; then

+    check_for_mmx_support=no

+  fi])

+

+if test "$ac_cv_prog_gcc" = yes -a "$check_for_mmx_support" = yes; then

     # gcc-3.3 or newer complains about some of our stuff without this

     NOSTRICTALIASING="-fno-strict-aliasing"