--- a/configure.in	Sun May 30 20:06:30 2010 +0530
+++ b/configure.in	Mon May 31 13:27:27 2010 +0530
@@ -1128,16 +1128,13 @@
                                 ])
                 if test x$have_xrandr_h_hdr = xyes; then
                     if test x$enable_x11_shared = xyes && test x$xrandr_lib != x ; then
-                        echo "-- dynamic libXrender -> $xrender_lib"
                         echo "-- dynamic libXrandr -> $xrandr_lib"
-                        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_X11_DYNAMIC_XRENDER, "$xrender_lib")
                         AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_X11_DYNAMIC_XRANDR, "$xrandr_lib")
                         definitely_enable_video_x11_xrandr=yes
                     else
-                        AC_CHECK_LIB(Xrender, XRenderQueryExtension, have_xrender_lib=yes)
                         AC_CHECK_LIB(Xrandr, XRRQueryExtension, have_xrandr_lib=yes)
-                        if test x$have_xrender_lib = xyes && test x$have_xrandr_lib = xyes ; then
-                            EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lXrandr -lXrender"
+                        if test x$have_xrandr_lib = xyes ; then
+                            EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lXrandr"
                             definitely_enable_video_x11_xrandr=yes
                         fi
                     fi
@@ -1199,6 +1196,32 @@
             if test x$definitely_enable_video_x11_scrnsaver = xyes; then
                 AC_DEFINE(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_X11_SCRNSAVER)
             fi
+            AC_ARG_ENABLE(video-x11-xrender,
+AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-video-x11-xrender], [enable X11 Xrender extension [[default=yes]]]),
+                            , enable_video_x11_xrender=yes)
+            if test x$enable_video_x11_xrender = xyes; then
+                AC_CHECK_HEADER(X11/extensions/Xrender.h,
+                                have_xrender_h_hdr=yes,
+                                have_xrender_h_hdr=no,
+                                [#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+                                ])
+                if test x$have_xrender_h_hdr = xyes; then
+                    if test x$enable_x11_shared = xyes && test x$xrender_lib != x ; then
+                        echo "-- dynamic libXrender -> $xrender_lib"
+                        AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_X11_DYNAMIC_XRENDER, "$xrender_lib")
+                        definitely_enable_video_x11_xrender=yes
+                    else
+                        AC_CHECK_LIB(Xrender, XRenderQueryExtension, have_xrender_lib=yes)
+                        if test x$have_xrender_lib = xyes ; then
+                            EXTRA_LDFLAGS="$EXTRA_LDFLAGS -lXrender"
+                            definitely_enable_video_x11_xrender=yes
+                        fi
+                    fi
+                fi
+            fi
+            if test x$definitely_enable_video_x11_xrender = xyes; then
+                AC_DEFINE(SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_X11_XRENDER)
+            fi
 
             AC_ARG_ENABLE(render-x11,
 AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-render-x11], [enable the X11 render driver [[default=yes]]]),