--- configure.ac.orig 2017-04-15 18:51:39.947886000 +0000 +++ configure.ac 2017-04-15 18:52:27.321723000 +0000 @@ -105,10 +105,7 @@ elif test "x$enable_c_plugins" != xno; then AC_CHECK_LIB([dl], [main], [AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_C_API], [true]) LIBS="$LIBS -ldl" AC_DEFINE([HAVE_C], [1], [C support])], - [AS_IF( - [test "x$enable_c_plugins" = xyes], - [AC_MSG_ERROR([dl library needed to run C plugins])], - [AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_C_API], [false])]) + [AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_C_API], [true]) ]) else AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_C_API], [false])