diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index cef0cc323a5a784fccbbb4358f33e46e31b138e1..88b54622bc28cb9271020409a1a402ab3c265913 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ AC_INIT([albert], [1.2], [dani@mathematik.uni-freiburg.de])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([ALBERT/src/Common/albert.h])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile BLAS/Makefile ALBERT_UTIL/Makefile
+		 GRAPE/Makefile GRAPE/mesh/Makefile
+                 GRAPE/mesh/2d/Makefile
+                 GRAPE/mesh/3d/Makefile
+                 GRAPE/mesh/Common/Makefile
 		 SOLVER/Makefile SOLVER/src/Makefile
 		 PLOT_ANSI/Makefile PLOT_ANSI/src/Makefile
 		 DEMO/src/Makefile
@@ -126,7 +130,8 @@ gltools_include=
 LIBGLTOOLS_PRESENT=
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for libgltools.a])
 AC_ARG_WITH(gltools,
-[  --with-gltools=PATH     specify the absolute path of the gltools library],
+AC_HELP_STRING([--with-gltools=PATH],
+               [specify the absolute path of the gltools library]),
 [if test -f $withval/gltools-2-4/libgltools.a; then
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([Found libgltools.a in specified directory $withval/gltools-2-4.])
 	gltools_include="-I$withval/gltools-2-4"
@@ -149,16 +154,37 @@ else
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([*** No libgltools.a found in ./gltools-2-4])
 fi])
 
-ELINDEX=
+dnl
+dnl some defines to enable building of albert_movi
+dnl
+ALBERT_CHECK_PACKAGE(GRAPE, gr, , ${X_LIBS} -lX11, grape.h,, optional)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(GRAPE, test -n "${GRAPE_LIB}")
+ALBERT_LIB_PATH=$prefix/lib
+ALBERT_INCLUDE_PATH=$prefix/include
+ALBERT_LIBS_22='$(top_builddir)/ALBERT/src/ALBERT22_0/libALBERT22_0.la $(top_builddir)/SOLVER/src/libcsolver.la $(top_builddir)/ALBERT_UTIL/libalbert_util.la $(top_builddir)/PLOT_ANSI/src/libPLOTansi.la'
+ALBERT_LIBS_33='$(top_builddir)/ALBERT/src/ALBERT33_0/libALBERT33_0.la $(top_builddir)/SOLVER/src/libcsolver.la $(top_builddir)/ALBERT_UTIL/libalbert_util.la'
+ALBERT_DEBUG=
+AC_SUBST(ALBERT_DEBUG)
+AC_SUBST(ALBERT_LIB_PATH)
+AC_SUBST(ALBERT_INCLUDE_PATH)
+AC_SUBST(ALBERT_LIBS_22)
+AC_SUBST(ALBERT_LIBS_33)
+dnl
+dnl end of albert_movi
+dnl
+
+EL_INDEX=0
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(el_index,
-[  --enable-el_index       also build a version of ALBERT libraries using EL_INDEX=1 (default is off)],
-[ELINDEX=1])
+AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-el_index],
+               [also build a version of ALBERT libraries using EL_INDEX=1 (default is off)]),
+[EL_INDEX=1])
+AC_SUBST(EL_INDEX)
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(PLOT_FOR_SUN, test x$plot_for_sun = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(PLOT_FOR_IBM, test x$plot_for_ibm = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(PLOT_FOR_TIT, test x$plot_for_tit = xtrue)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_GLTOOLS, test x$LIBGLTOOLS_PRESENT = x1)
-AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_EL_INDEX, test x$ELINDEX = x1)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_EL_INDEX, test x$EL_INDEX = x1)
 
 AC_SUBST(gltools_include)
 AC_SUBST(make_own_blas_lib)