diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 898a920e5504a4b8ab99e95e0ec0b591124fa18e..80be29a284a8fa5f453102c954dff065027d6d53 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -488,6 +488,9 @@ AC_PATH_PROGS(TarCmd,gtar tar,tar)
 dnl ** check for gzip/compress
 AC_PATH_PROGS(CompressCmd,gzip compress,gzip)
 
+dnl ** check for jade/openjade
+AC_PATH_PROGS(JadeCmd,openjade jade,jade)
+
 compress_nm=`basename $CompressCmd`
 if test x"$compress_nm" = xgzip; then
   CompressCmd="$CompressCmd -d"
diff --git a/mk/config.mk.in b/mk/config.mk.in
index fbea271f813c3fe9d956331ac22f13d7a8ecb07f..96c185210595cc7c14d7cf9246c0fa8253385af5 100644
--- a/mk/config.mk.in
+++ b/mk/config.mk.in
@@ -633,6 +633,8 @@ YACC			= @YaccCmd@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # SGML stuff
 
+JADE			= @JadeCmd@
+
 SGML2DVI		= $(DOCBOOK_PREFIX)db2dvi
 SGML2HTML		= $(DOCBOOK_PREFIX)db2html
 SGML2PS			= $(DOCBOOK_PREFIX)db2ps