diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
index 6c9d9af097..3ca009a208 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2000-03-01  Mark Crichton  <crichton@gimp.org>
+
+	* configure.in: Added BUILD_CANVAS_ITEM stuff to (finally)
+	fix the last auto* build bug (where we have libart, but no
+	gnome-libs)
+
+	* gdk-pixbuf/Makefile.am: Same.
+
 2000-02-28  Matt Wilson  <msw@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-drawable.c: s/unsigned long/guint32/g,
diff --git a/gdk-pixbuf/Makefile.am b/gdk-pixbuf/Makefile.am
index 4a628fae8b..9e34123b3e 100644
--- a/gdk-pixbuf/Makefile.am
+++ b/gdk-pixbuf/Makefile.am
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 SUBDIRS = pixops
 
-if INSIDE_GNOME_LIBS
+if BUILD_CANVAS_ITEM
+CANVAS_PIXBUF_LIB = libgnomecanvaspixbuf.la
+CANVAS_PIXBUF_HEADERFILES=gnome-canvas-pixbuf.h
+libgnomecanvaspixbuf_la_SOURCES = gnome-canvas-pixbuf.c
+EXTRA_GNOME_LIBS = $(GNOME_LIBS)
+else
 CANVAS_PIXBUF_LIB =
 CANVAS_PIXBUF_HEADERFILES =
 EXTRA_GNOME_LIBS =
-else
-CANVAS_PIXBUF_LIB = libgnomecanvaspixbuf.la
-CANVAS_PIXBUF_HEADERFILES=gnome-canvas-pixbuf.h
-EXTRA_GNOME_LIBS = $(GNOME_LIBS)
 endif
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = 		\
 	libgdk_pixbuf.la	\
 	$(CANVAS_PIXBUF_LIB)
 
-libgnomecanvaspixbuf_la_SOURCES = gnome-canvas-pixbuf.c
 libgnomecanvaspixbuf_la_LDFLAGS = $(EXTRA_GNOME_LIBS)
 
 libexecdir = $(libdir)/gdk-pixbuf/loaders