Index: trunk/psLib/test/tap/configure.in
===================================================================
--- trunk/psLib/test/tap/configure.in	(revision 7862)
+++ trunk/psLib/test/tap/configure.in	(revision 8841)
@@ -17,4 +17,12 @@
 		;;
 esac
+
+dnl build tests at the same time as the source code
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(tests,
+  [AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-tests,build tests at same time as source)],
+  [AC_MSG_RESULT(test building enabled)
+   tests=true],
+   [tests=false])
+AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_TESTS, test x$tests = xtrue)
 
 # Checks for header files