diff -r a42cfe78c6d1 configure.in
--- a/configure.in	Mon Sep 17 04:24:25 2007 -0400
+++ b/configure.in	Mon Sep 17 04:24:57 2007 -0400
@@ -233,9 +233,10 @@ dnl check for kernel headers required by
 dnl check for kernel headers required by qemud/bridge.c
 dnl
 
+if test "$with_qemu" = "yes" ; then
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS(linux/param.h linux/sockios.h linux/if_bridge.h linux/if_tun.h,,
                  AC_MSG_ERROR([You must install kernel-headers in order to compile libvirt]))
-
+fi
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()