diff --git a/configure b/configure
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+path=`which mlt-config 2>/dev/null`
+[ $? != 0 ] && echo "MLT not installed - aborting" && exit 1 
+
+# Determine default prefix
+prefix=`mlt-config --prefix`
+[ "$prefix" = "" ] && echo "Can't locate MLT's prefix - please reconfigure MLT." && exit 1
+
+# Default the libdir
+libdir=""
+
+# Allow override from command line
+for i in "$@"
+do
+	case $i in
+		--prefix=* ) prefix="${i#--prefix=}" ;;
+		--libdir=* ) libdir="${i#--libdir=}" ;;
+	esac
+done
+
+# Determine the libdir if it's not specified in the args
+[ "$libdir" = "" ] && libdir=$prefix/lib
+
+# Sanity check
+[ ! -d "$prefix" ] && echo "Invalid prefix $prefix - aborting" && exit 1
+
+echo "version=`mlt-config --version`" > config.mak
+echo "prefix=$prefix" >> config.mak
+echo "libdir=$libdir" >> config.mak
+
+targetos=$(uname -s)
+echo "targetos=$targetos" >> config.mak
+
+case $targetos in 
+	Darwin)
+		echo LIBSUF=.dylib
+        echo "CXXFLAGS+=-D__DARWIN__ -Wall -fPIC `mlt-config --cflags`"
+		echo "LIBFLAGS=-dynamiclib -single_module"
+        echo "LDFLAGS+=`mlt-config --libs` `mlt-config miracle --libs` `mlt-config valerie --libs`"
+		;;
+	Linux)
+		echo LIBSUF=.so
+        echo "CXXFLAGS+=-pthread -Wall -fPIC `mlt-config --cflags`"
+		echo "LIBFLAGS=-shared"
+        echo "LDFLAGS+=`mlt-config --libs` `mlt-config miracle --libs`"
+		;;
+esac >> config.mak
+
+echo "MLT++ configured - will be installed in $prefix."
+