diff -urN boa-0.94.14rc8-orig/configure.in boa-0.94.14rc8/configure.in
--- boa-0.94.14rc8-orig/configure.in	2002-12-12 22:29:22.000000000 +0100
+++ boa-0.94.14rc8/configure.in	2002-12-15 17:33:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@
 
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
-dnl Look for gunzip
-AC_PATH_PROG(GUNZIP, gunzip)
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GUNZIP, "$ac_cv_path_GUNZIP")
-
 dnl Checks for programs.
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CPP
@@ -142,6 +138,24 @@
   ])
 fi
 
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to enable gunzip support)
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(gunzip,
+[  --disable-gunzip        Disable use of gunzip],
+[
+ if test "$enableval" = "yes" ; then
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+    AC_PATH_PROG(GUNZIP, gunzip)
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GUNZIP, "$ac_cv_path_GUNZIP")
+  else
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+  fi
+],
+[
+    AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+    AC_PATH_PROG(GUNZIP, gunzip)
+    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GUNZIP, "$ac_cv_path_GUNZIP")
+])
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to enable access control support)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(access-control,
 [  --enable-access-control Enable support for allow/deny rules],