diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index f823c1ba07..9f4ea93a7d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Fred Baube <fred@moremagic.com> for attempted Java port/MoneyDance
 Dennis Björklund <dennisb@cs.chalmers.se> Swedish translation
 Per Bojsen <bojsen@worldnet.att.net> several core dump fixes
 Terry Boldt <tboldt@attglobal.net> financial calculator and expression parser
+Richard Braakman <dark@xs4all.nl) xml version configure patch
 Simon Britnell <simon.britnell@peace.com> patch to RPM spec
 Christopher B. Browne <cbbrowne@hex.net> for perl, lots of scheme and documentation updates
 Conrad Canterford <conrad@mail.watersprite.com.au> register bug fix
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 14fbc429e5..1ea5e66acc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -284,6 +284,13 @@ AC_SUBST(GLADE_LIBS)
 AC_SUBST(GLADE_CFLAGS)
 
 
+### --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+### Check for lib uri and do the right thing
+# AC_CHECK_LIB(uri, uri_alloc)
+
+# if [ -z "$HAVE_LIBURI" ] ; then
+    
+
 ### --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ### Check for perl
 
@@ -374,6 +381,9 @@ AC_SUBST(DB_LIBS)
 GNOME_XML_CFLAGS=`$GNOME_CONFIG --cflags xml`
 
 AC_SUBST(GNOME_XML_CFLAGS)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(xml, xmlElemDump, [:], [
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([libxml 1.8.3 or newer required for GnuCash])
+  ])
 
 
 ### --------------------------------------------------------------------------