diff -urN xcursor-themes-0.99.1.orig/configure.ac xcursor-themes-0.99.1/configure.ac
--- xcursor-themes-0.99.1.orig/configure.ac	2005-10-18 19:47:59.000000000 -0700
+++ xcursor-themes-0.99.1/configure.ac	2005-12-09 07:38:59.000000000 -0800
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
 fi
 AC_SUBST([XCURSORGEN])
 
-cursordir="${datadir}/icons"
+m4_ifdef([AS_HELP_STRING], , [m4_define([AS_HELP_STRING], m4_defn([AC_HELP_STRING]))])
+
+AC_ARG_WITH(cursordir,
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-cursordir=CURSORDIR], [Path to install cursors]),
+	[ cursordir="$withval" ],
+	[ cursordir="${datadir}/icons" ])
 AC_SUBST([cursordir])
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WHITEGLASS, true)