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

index 3481299..a7d5d5f 100644

--- a/subversion/configure.ac

+++ b/subversion/configure.ac

@@ -215,21 +215,16 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SVN_LOCALE_DIR, "${svn_localedir}",

                    [Defined to be the path to the installed locale dirs])

 dnl Check for libtool -- we'll definitely need it for all our shared libs!

-AC_MSG_NOTICE([configuring libtool now])

-ifdef([LT_INIT], [LT_INIT], [AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])

-AC_ARG_ENABLE(experimental-libtool,

-  AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-experimental-libtool],[Use APR's libtool]),

-  [experimental_libtool=$enableval],[experimental_libtool=no])

-

-if test "$experimental_libtool" = "yes"; then

-  echo "using APR's libtool"

-  sh_libtool="`$apr_config --apr-libtool`"

-  LIBTOOL="$sh_libtool"

-  SVN_LIBTOOL="$sh_libtool"

-else

-  sh_libtool="$abs_builddir/libtool"

-  SVN_LIBTOOL="\$(SHELL) $sh_libtool"

-fi

+AC_PROG_LIBTOOL

+AC_ARG_WITH(custom-libtool,

+AS_HELP_STRING([--with-custom-libtool=PATH],

+               [Specify the command to run libtool]),

+               [ AC_MSG_NOTICE([using $withval as libtool])

+                 sh_libtool="$withval" ],

+               [ AC_MSG_NOTICE([using APR's libtool])

+                 sh_libtool="`$apr_config --apr-libtool`" ])

+LIBTOOL="$sh_libtool"

+SVN_LIBTOOL="$sh_libtool"

 AC_SUBST(SVN_LIBTOOL)

 dnl Determine the libtool version