diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42a0b24..5eae1fc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ include/bard_version.h
 main/bard_main.o
 .time-stamp
 FileList
+/autom4te.cache
+*~
diff --git a/config/config.in b/config/config.in
index f1f3bbe..82e0e81 100644
--- a/config/config.in
+++ b/config/config.in
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
 SHFLAGS  = @SHFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS  = @LDFLAGS@
 PLATFORM_DEFS = @PLATFORM_DEFS@
+SDK       = @SDK@
 
 AR       = @AR@
 RANLIB   = @RANLIB@
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ EPUBDEFS = @EPUBDEFS@
 HBINCS = @HBINCS@
 HBLIBS = @HBLIBS@
 HBDEFS = @HBDEFS@
-SDLINCLUDES = -I/usr/include/SDL ${EPUBDEFS} ${HBINCS} ${HBDEFS}
+SDLINCLUDES = $(shell ${SDK}/usr/bin/pkg-config --cflags-only-I sdl) ${EPUBDEFS} ${HBINCS} ${HBDEFS}
 SDLLIBS = @SDLLIBS@ ${EPUBLIBS} ${HBLIBS}
 
 DEFAULTFONT = @DEFAULTFONT@
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7dff5af..0c03ded 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ HBDEFS
 EPUBDEFS
 EPUBLIBS
 SDLLIBS
+FLITELIBSDIR
 FLITEDIR
 PLATFORM_DEFS
 AUDIOLIBS
@@ -643,6 +644,7 @@ SHFLAGS
 OTHERLIBS
 HOST_CPU
 HOST_OS
+SDK
 VOXDEFS
 LEXDEFS
 NM
@@ -700,7 +702,6 @@ infodir
 docdir
 oldincludedir
 includedir
-runstatedir
 localstatedir
 sharedstatedir
 sysconfdir
@@ -740,7 +741,8 @@ CFLAGS
 LDFLAGS
 LIBS
 CPPFLAGS
-CPP'
+CPP
+SDK'
 
 
 # Initialize some variables set by options.
@@ -779,7 +781,6 @@ datadir='${datarootdir}'
 sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
 sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
 localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
-runstatedir='${localstatedir}/run'
 includedir='${prefix}/include'
 oldincludedir='/usr/include'
 docdir='${datarootdir}/doc/${PACKAGE}'
@@ -1032,15 +1033,6 @@ do
   | -silent | --silent | --silen | --sile | --sil)
     silent=yes ;;
 
-  -runstatedir | --runstatedir | --runstatedi | --runstated \
-  | --runstate | --runstat | --runsta | --runst | --runs \
-  | --run | --ru | --r)
-    ac_prev=runstatedir ;;
-  -runstatedir=* | --runstatedir=* | --runstatedi=* | --runstated=* \
-  | --runstate=* | --runstat=* | --runsta=* | --runst=* | --runs=* \
-  | --run=* | --ru=* | --r=*)
-    runstatedir=$ac_optarg ;;
-
   -sbindir | --sbindir | --sbindi | --sbind | --sbin | --sbi | --sb)
     ac_prev=sbindir ;;
   -sbindir=* | --sbindir=* | --sbindi=* | --sbind=* | --sbin=* \
@@ -1178,7 +1170,7 @@ fi
 for ac_var in	exec_prefix prefix bindir sbindir libexecdir datarootdir \
 		datadir sysconfdir sharedstatedir localstatedir includedir \
 		oldincludedir docdir infodir htmldir dvidir pdfdir psdir \
-		libdir localedir mandir runstatedir
+		libdir localedir mandir
 do
   eval ac_val=\$$ac_var
   # Remove trailing slashes.
@@ -1331,7 +1323,6 @@ Fine tuning of the installation directories:
   --sysconfdir=DIR        read-only single-machine data [PREFIX/etc]
   --sharedstatedir=DIR    modifiable architecture-independent data [PREFIX/com]
   --localstatedir=DIR     modifiable single-machine data [PREFIX/var]
-  --runstatedir=DIR       modifiable per-process data [LOCALSTATEDIR/run]
   --libdir=DIR            object code libraries [EPREFIX/lib]
   --includedir=DIR        C header files [PREFIX/include]
   --oldincludedir=DIR     C header files for non-gcc [/usr/include]
@@ -1386,6 +1377,7 @@ Some influential environment variables:
   CPPFLAGS    (Objective) C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. -I<include dir> if
               you have headers in a nonstandard directory <include dir>
   CPP         C preprocessor
+  SDK         path to your SDK directory for cross-compilation
 
 Use these variables to override the choices made by `configure' or to help
 it to find libraries and programs with nonstandard names/locations.
@@ -2167,6 +2159,7 @@ ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu
 
 
 
+
 ac_aux_dir=
 for ac_dir in "$srcdir" "$srcdir/.." "$srcdir/../.."; do
   if test -f "$ac_dir/install-sh"; then
@@ -2306,7 +2299,6 @@ test -n "$target_alias" &&
   test "$program_prefix$program_suffix$program_transform_name" = \
     NONENONEs,x,x, &&
   program_prefix=${target_alias}-
-
 ac_ext=c
 ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
@@ -4020,6 +4012,7 @@ case "$target_cpu" in
      ;;
 esac
 TARGET_OS=$target_os
+TARGET_PLATFORM=$target_cpu-$target_os
 
 M68KCC=
 M68KCLAGS=
@@ -4149,6 +4142,7 @@ esac
 
 
 
+
 case "$host_cpu" in
      i386|i486|i586|i686)
 	HOST_CPU=i386
@@ -4398,7 +4392,7 @@ fi
 PLATFORM_DEFS=
 
 
-if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x; then
+if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x && test "$build_os" = "$target_os"; then
   if test -f /usr/include/flite.h; then
     FLITEDIR=/usr
   fi
@@ -4409,11 +4403,26 @@ if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x; then
   fi
 fi
 if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x; then
-    as_fn_error $? "\"Cannot locate CMU Flite specify FLITEDIR explicitly.\"" "$LINENO" 5
+  if test -f "$PWD/flite/include/flite.h"; then
+    FLITEDIR="$PWD/flite"
+  fi
+fi
+if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x; then
+    as_fn_error $? "Cannot locate CMU Flite specify FLITEDIR explicitly." "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 echo CMU Flite found in $FLITEDIR
 
 
+if test -f /usr/local/lib/libflite.a && test "$build_os" = "$target_os"; then
+    FLITELIBSDIR="/usr/local/lib"
+elif test -f $FLITEDIR/build/$TARGET_PLATFORM/lib/libflite.a; then
+    FLITELIBSDIR="$FLITEDIR/build/$TARGET_PLATFORM/lib"
+else
+    as_fn_error $? "Cannot locate CMU Flite libraries, please configure and build flite pkg dependency." "$LINENO" 5
+fi
+echo CMU Flite libraries found in $FLITELIBSDIR
+
+
 ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "zip.h" "ac_cv_header_zip_h" "$ac_includes_default"
 if test "x$ac_cv_header_zip_h" = xyes; then :
   EPUBDEFS=-DBARD_EPUB
@@ -4424,7 +4433,7 @@ fi
 ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "harfbuzz/hb.h" "ac_cv_header_harfbuzz_hb_h" "$ac_includes_default"
 if test "x$ac_cv_header_harfbuzz_hb_h" = xyes; then :
   HBDEFS=-DBARD_HARFBUZZ
-                 HBINCS="-I/usr/include/freetype2"
+                 HBINCS="$($SDK/usr/bin/pkg-config --cflags-only-I freetype2)"
                  HBLIBS="-lfreetype -lcairo"
 fi
 
@@ -4466,62 +4475,133 @@ fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs" >&5
 $as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs" >&6; }
 if test "x$ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs" = xyes; then :
-  HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz"
+  HBDEFS+=" -DBARD_HARFBUZZ_ICU"
+                HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz"
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs in -lharfbuzz-icu" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs in -lharfbuzz-icu... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_icu_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+LIBS="-lharfbuzz-icu  $LIBS"
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_icu_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs=yes
 else
-  HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz -lharfbuzz-icu"
+  ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_icu_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_icu_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_icu_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs" >&6; }
+if test "x$ac_cv_lib_harfbuzz_icu_hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs" = xyes; then :
+  HBDEFS+=" -DBARD_HARFBUZZ_ICU"
+                                 HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz -lharfbuzz-icu"
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: no ICU support found in harfbuzz" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: no ICU support found in harfbuzz" >&6;}
+                                 HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz"
+fi
+
 fi
 
 
-if ! test -f /usr/include/SDL/SDL.h; then
-    as_fn_error $? "\"Cannot locate /usr/include/SDL/SDL.h.\"" "$LINENO" 5
+ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "SDL/SDL.h" "ac_cv_header_SDL_SDL_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_SDL_SDL_h" = xyes; then :
+
+else
+  as_fn_error $? "Cannot locate SDL/SDL.h" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
+
+
 SDLLIBS="-lSDL_mixer -lSDL"
 
-if ! test -f /usr/include/SDL/SDL_ttf.h; then
-    as_fn_error $? "\"Cannot locate /usr/include/SDL/SDL_ttf.h.\"" "$LINENO" 5
+ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "SDL/SDL.h" "ac_cv_header_SDL_SDL_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_SDL_SDL_h" = xyes; then :
+
+else
+  as_fn_error $? "Cannot locate SDL/SDL_ttf.h" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
+
+
+
 SDLLIBS="-lSDL_ttf $SDLLIBS"
 
 if ! test "x$EPUBDEFS" = x; then
-   if test -f /usr/include/SDL/SDL_image.h -a -f /usr/include/SDL/SDL_rotozoom.h
-   then
-       echo "EPUB (with SDL images) support found"
-       SDLLIBS="-lSDL_gfx -lSDL_image $SDLLIBS"
-       EPUBDEFS="-DBARD_EPUB_IMAGES $EPUBDEFS"
-   else
-       echo "EPUB (without SDL images) support found"
-   fi
+   for ac_header in SDL/SDL_image.h SDL/SDL_rotozoom.h
+do :
+  as_ac_Header=`$as_echo "ac_cv_header_$ac_header" | $as_tr_sh`
+ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "$ac_header" "$as_ac_Header" "$ac_includes_default"
+if eval test \"x\$"$as_ac_Header"\" = x"yes"; then :
+  cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define `$as_echo "HAVE_$ac_header" | $as_tr_cpp` 1
+_ACEOF
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: EPUB (with SDL images) support found" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: EPUB (with SDL images) support found" >&6;}
+                   SDLLIBS="-lSDL_gfx -lSDL_image $SDLLIBS"
+                   EPUBDEFS="-DBARD_EPUB_IMAGES $EPUBDEFS"
 else
-   echo "No EPUB support found (missing libzip)"
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: EPUB (without SDL images) support found" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: EPUB (without SDL images) support found" >&6;}
 fi
 
+done
 
+else
+   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: No EPUB support found (missing libzip)" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: No EPUB support found (missing libzip)" >&6;}
+fi
 
 
 
 
 
 
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
-then
-   DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf | head -1`
-fi
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
-then
-   DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name DejaVuSerif.ttf | head -1`
-fi
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
-then
-   DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name DroidSerif.ttf | head -1`
-fi
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
-then
-   DEFAULTFONT=`find /system/fonts -name DroidSerif.ttf | head -1`
-fi
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+
+
+if test "$build_os" = "$target_os"
 then
-    DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name NtmRR4nh.ttf | head -1`
+   if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
+   if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name DejaVuSerif.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
+   if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name DroidSerif.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
+      if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /system/fonts -name DroidSerif.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
+      if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name NtmRR4nh.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
 fi
 if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"; then
    echo No installed font found
@@ -4573,6 +4653,8 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files config/config config/system.mak"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
@@ -5175,7 +5257,7 @@ config.status
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
-Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C)  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This config.status script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it."
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7c33a46..21d17f1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ dnl ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF       ##
 dnl THIS SOFTWARE.                                                       ##
 dnl                                                                      ##
 dnl########################################################################
-AC_INIT(include/bard.h)
+AC_INIT
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([include/bard.h])
 
-AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
+AC_CANONICAL_TARGET
 AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 AC_PROG_INSTALL
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ case "$target_cpu" in
      ;;
 esac     
 TARGET_OS=$target_os
+TARGET_PLATFORM=$target_cpu-$target_os
 
 M68KCC=
 M68KCLAGS=
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ AC_SUBST(DLLWRAP)
 AC_SUBST(NM)
 AC_SUBST(LEXDEFS)
 AC_SUBST(VOXDEFS)
+AC_SUBST(SDK)
 
 case "$host_cpu" in
      i386|i486|i586|i686)
@@ -278,11 +281,8 @@ fi
 dnl
 dnl Does this compiler support initialization of unions
 dnl
-AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <stdio.h>],
-               [ struct a { union { float b; int c; } d; };
-                 const struct a e = { .d={ .b=3.14 } }; ],
-               [unioninit=yes],
-               [unioninit=no])
+AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[#include <stdio.h>]], [[ struct a { union { float b; int c; } d; };
+                 const struct a e = { .d={ .b=3.14 } }; ]])],[unioninit=yes],[unioninit=no])
 if test "$unioninit" = no; then
    AC_DEFINE(NO_UNION_INITIALIZATION)
 fi
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ AC_SUBST(PLATFORM_DEFS)
 dnl
 dnl Flite support
 dnl
-if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x; then
+if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x && test "$build_os" = "$target_os"; then
   if test -f /usr/include/flite.h; then
     FLITEDIR=/usr
   fi
@@ -442,11 +442,26 @@ if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x; then
   fi
 fi
 if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR("Cannot locate CMU Flite specify FLITEDIR explicitly.")
+  if test -f "$PWD/flite/include/flite.h"; then
+    FLITEDIR="$PWD/flite"
+  fi
+fi
+if test "x$FLITEDIR" = x; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot locate CMU Flite specify FLITEDIR explicitly.])
 fi
 echo CMU Flite found in $FLITEDIR
 AC_SUBST(FLITEDIR)
 
+if test -f /usr/local/lib/libflite.a && test "$build_os" = "$target_os"; then
+    FLITELIBSDIR="/usr/local/lib"
+elif test -f $FLITEDIR/build/$TARGET_PLATFORM/lib/libflite.a; then
+    FLITELIBSDIR="$FLITEDIR/build/$TARGET_PLATFORM/lib"
+else
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot locate CMU Flite libraries, please configure and build flite pkg dependency.])
+fi
+echo CMU Flite libraries found in $FLITELIBSDIR
+AC_SUBST(FLITELIBSDIR)
+
 dnl
 dnl EPUB support
 dnl
@@ -458,42 +473,39 @@ dnl harfbuzz support
 dnl
 AC_CHECK_HEADER(harfbuzz/hb.h,
                 [HBDEFS=-DBARD_HARFBUZZ
-                 HBINCS="-I/usr/include/freetype2"
+                 HBINCS="$($SDK/usr/bin/pkg-config --cflags-only-I freetype2)"
                  HBLIBS="-lfreetype -lcairo"])
-dnl Some versions don't have harfbuzz-icu
+dnl Some versions don't have harfbuzz-icu or even ICU support at all
 AC_CHECK_LIB(harfbuzz,
                 hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs,
-                [HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz"],
-                [HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz -lharfbuzz-icu"])
+                [HBDEFS+=" -DBARD_HARFBUZZ_ICU"
+                HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz"],
+                [AC_CHECK_LIB(harfbuzz-icu,
+                                 hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs, 
+                                 [HBDEFS+=" -DBARD_HARFBUZZ_ICU"
+                                 HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz -lharfbuzz-icu"],
+                                 [AC_MSG_NOTICE([no ICU support found in harfbuzz])
+                                 HBLIBS+=" -lharfbuzz"])])
 
 dnl
 dnl SDL support
 dnl
-dnl AC_CHECK_HEADER(SDL/SDL.h,,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot locate SDL/SDL.h])])
-if ! test -f /usr/include/SDL/SDL.h; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR("Cannot locate /usr/include/SDL/SDL.h.")
-fi
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(SDL/SDL.h,,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot locate SDL/SDL.h])])
 
 SDLLIBS="-lSDL_mixer -lSDL"
 
-dnl Fix this ....
-if ! test -f /usr/include/SDL/SDL_ttf.h; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR("Cannot locate /usr/include/SDL/SDL_ttf.h.")
-fi
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(SDL/SDL.h,,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot locate SDL/SDL_ttf.h])])
+
 SDLLIBS="-lSDL_ttf $SDLLIBS"
 
-dnl AC_CHECK_HEADER(SDL/SDL_ttf.h,,[AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot locate SDL/SDL_ttf.h])])
 if ! test "x$EPUBDEFS" = x; then
-   if test -f /usr/include/SDL/SDL_image.h -a -f /usr/include/SDL/SDL_rotozoom.h
-   then
-       echo "EPUB (with SDL images) support found"
-       SDLLIBS="-lSDL_gfx -lSDL_image $SDLLIBS"
-       EPUBDEFS="-DBARD_EPUB_IMAGES $EPUBDEFS"
-   else
-       echo "EPUB (without SDL images) support found"
-   fi
+   AC_CHECK_HEADERS(SDL/SDL_image.h SDL/SDL_rotozoom.h,
+                   [AC_MSG_NOTICE([EPUB (with SDL images) support found])
+                   SDLLIBS="-lSDL_gfx -lSDL_image $SDLLIBS"
+                   EPUBDEFS="-DBARD_EPUB_IMAGES $EPUBDEFS"],
+                   [AC_MSG_NOTICE([EPUB (without SDL images) support found])])
 else
-   echo "No EPUB support found (missing libzip)"
+   AC_MSG_NOTICE([No EPUB support found (missing libzip)])
 fi
 
 AC_SUBST(SDLLIBS)
@@ -506,27 +518,30 @@ AC_SUBST(HBLIBS)
 dnl
 dnl Find a font.
 dnl
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
-then
-   DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf | head -1`
-fi
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
-then
-   DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name DejaVuSerif.ttf | head -1`
-fi
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+if test "$build_os" = "$target_os"
 then
-   DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name DroidSerif.ttf | head -1`
-fi
-dnl Android, but your probably not running configure on the device
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
-then
-   DEFAULTFONT=`find /system/fonts -name DroidSerif.ttf | head -1`
-fi
-dnl N900
-if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
-then
-    DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name NtmRR4nh.ttf | head -1`
+   if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name LiberationSerif-Regular.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
+   if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name DejaVuSerif.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
+   if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name DroidSerif.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
+   dnl Android, but your probably not running configure on the device
+   if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /system/fonts -name DroidSerif.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
+   dnl N900
+   if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"
+   then
+      DEFAULTFONT=`find /usr/share/fonts -name NtmRR4nh.ttf | head -1`
+   fi
 fi
 if test "x$DEFAULTFONT" = "x"; then
    echo No installed font found
@@ -566,4 +581,10 @@ AC_ARG_WITH( langvox,
         FL_LANGVOX=$with_langvox )
 AC_SUBST(FL_LANGVOX)
 
-AC_OUTPUT(config/config config/system.mak)
+dnl
+dnl extra env variables
+dnl
+AC_ARG_VAR([SDK],[path to your SDK directory for cross-compilation])
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([config/config config/system.mak])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/include/bard_render.h b/include/bard_render.h
index dd36eec..94f0911 100644
--- a/include/bard_render.h
+++ b/include/bard_render.h
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@
 #include <freetype/freetype.h>
 #include <harfbuzz/hb.h>
 #include <harfbuzz/hb-ft.h>
+#ifdef BARD_HARFBUZZ_ICU
 #include <harfbuzz/hb-icu.h>
+#endif
 #include <cairo/cairo.h>
 #include <cairo/cairo-ft.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/src/render.c b/src/render.c
index 15e30b6..f17481f 100644
--- a/src/render.c
+++ b/src/render.c
@@ -349,7 +349,9 @@ bard_surface *bard_render_text(bard_font *bf,char *text,SDL_Color c)
     /* Set up the harfbuzz buffer for the characters */
     b = hb_buffer_create();
     /* Its going to be unicode */
+#ifdef BARD_HARFBUZZ_ICU
     hb_buffer_set_unicode_funcs(b,hb_icu_get_unicode_funcs());
+#endif
     /* or -- which might avoid icu4c dependency */
     /* hb_buffer_set_unicode_funcs(b,hb_glib_get_unicode_funcs()); */
     /* Copy in the font/language parameters */