diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 37429aaee..3eb4cb8b3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-12-24  Julien Blache <jb@jblache.org>
+	* configure.in, configure: Do not build plustek_pp on Hurd. Patch
+	from Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>.
+
 2007-12-21  Jonathan Bravo Lopez <jkdsoft@gmail.com>
 
 	* backend/hp3900.c, backend/hp3900_rts8822.c: Fixed bug which made
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a12303763..f7734b516 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -27047,11 +27047,20 @@ echo "$as_me: Manually selected backends: ${BACKENDS}" >&6;}
           canon630u cardscan coolscan coolscan2 dc25 dmc epjitsu \
           epson fujitsu genesys gt68xx hp leo lexmark matsushita microtek \
           microtek2 mustek mustek_usb nec pie pixma plustek \
-          plustek_pp ricoh s9036 sceptre sharp \
+          ricoh s9036 sceptre sharp \
           sp15c st400 tamarack test teco1 teco2 teco3 umax umax_pp umax1220u \
           artec_eplus48u ma1509 ibm hp5400 u12 snapscan niash sm3840 hp4200 \
           sm3600 hp3500 stv680 epson2 hp5590 hp3900"
 
+    case "$host_os" in
+	gnu*)
+	  echo "*** disabling PLUSTEK_PP backend (GNU/Hurd not supported)"
+	  ;;
+	*)
+	  BACKENDS="${BACKENDS} plustek_pp"
+	  ;;
+    esac
+
   if test "${sane_cv_use_libjpeg}" != "yes"; then
     echo "*** disabling DC210 backend (failed to find JPEG library)"
     echo "*** disabling DC240 backend (failed to find JPEG library)"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fac1cfc98..843d1287d 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -364,11 +364,20 @@ else
           canon630u cardscan coolscan coolscan2 dc25 dmc epjitsu \
           epson fujitsu genesys gt68xx hp leo lexmark matsushita microtek \
           microtek2 mustek mustek_usb nec pie pixma plustek \
-          plustek_pp ricoh s9036 sceptre sharp \
+          ricoh s9036 sceptre sharp \
           sp15c st400 tamarack test teco1 teco2 teco3 umax umax_pp umax1220u \
           artec_eplus48u ma1509 ibm hp5400 u12 snapscan niash sm3840 hp4200 \
           sm3600 hp3500 stv680 epson2 hp5590 hp3900"
 
+    case "$host_os" in
+	gnu*) 
+	  echo "*** disabling PLUSTEK_PP backend (GNU/Hurd not supported)"
+	  ;;
+	*)
+	  BACKENDS="${BACKENDS} plustek_pp"
+	  ;;
+    esac
+
   if test "${sane_cv_use_libjpeg}" != "yes"; then
     echo "*** disabling DC210 backend (failed to find JPEG library)"
     echo "*** disabling DC240 backend (failed to find JPEG library)"