diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 116392012ce5ee487beb632ff795883d0048a966..42f15428f0718cc497fb057659e7cca185d66b68 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ plugin_require(from_analysis,callgraph)
 # gui
 #####
 
-check_plugin(gui,src/plugins/gui,[support for gui],no)
+check_plugin(gui,src/plugins/gui,[support for gui],yes)
 
 plugin_require_external(gui,lablgtk)
 plugin_require_external(gui,gnomecanvas)