diff -Naur gpsbabel-1.4.3.orig/configure gpsbabel-1.4.3/configure
--- gpsbabel-1.4.3.orig/configure	2012-01-30 04:37:29.000000000 +0100
+++ gpsbabel-1.4.3/configure	2012-08-24 08:45:58.684085341 +0200
@@ -4986,7 +4986,7 @@
        { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6; }
 fi
-ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile gbversion.h gui/setup.iss gui/makelinuxdist.sh xmldoc/makedoc tools/mkcapabilities win32/gpsbabel.rc jeeps/Makefile shapelib/Makefile zlib/empty"
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile gbversion.h gui/setup.iss gui/makelinuxdist.sh xmldoc/makedoc tools/mkcapabilities win32/gpsbabel.rc jeeps/Makefile zlib/empty"
 
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
@@ -5550,7 +5550,6 @@
     "tools/mkcapabilities") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES tools/mkcapabilities" ;;
     "win32/gpsbabel.rc") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES win32/gpsbabel.rc" ;;
     "jeeps/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES jeeps/Makefile" ;;
-    "shapelib/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES shapelib/Makefile" ;;
     "zlib/empty") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES zlib/empty" ;;
 
   *) { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: invalid argument: $ac_config_target" >&5
diff -Naur gpsbabel-1.4.3.orig/configure.in gpsbabel-1.4.3/configure.in
--- gpsbabel-1.4.3.orig/configure.in	2012-01-28 22:59:29.000000000 +0100
+++ gpsbabel-1.4.3/configure.in	2012-08-24 08:45:58.685085358 +0200
@@ -430,6 +430,6 @@
 else
        AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 fi
-AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile gbversion.h gui/setup.iss gui/makelinuxdist.sh xmldoc/makedoc tools/mkcapabilities win32/gpsbabel.rc jeeps/Makefile shapelib/Makefile zlib/empty])
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile gbversion.h gui/setup.iss gui/makelinuxdist.sh xmldoc/makedoc tools/mkcapabilities win32/gpsbabel.rc jeeps/Makefile zlib/empty])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
diff -Naur gpsbabel-1.4.3.orig/Makefile.in gpsbabel-1.4.3/Makefile.in
--- gpsbabel-1.4.3.orig/Makefile.in	2012-01-28 22:59:29.000000000 +0100
+++ gpsbabel-1.4.3/Makefile.in	2012-08-24 08:45:58.686085375 +0200
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 
 @PALM_DB_CMT@PALM_DB=pdbfile.o
 
-SHAPE=shapelib/shpopen.o shapelib/dbfopen.o
+SHAPE=-lshp
 
 ZLIB=zlib/adler32.o zlib/compress.o zlib/crc32.o zlib/deflate.o zlib/inffast.o \
 	zlib/inflate.o zlib/infback.o zlib/inftrees.o zlib/trees.o \
@@ -825,8 +825,7 @@
 session.o: session.c defs.h config.h queue.h gbtypes.h zlib/zlib.h \
   zlib/zconf.h gbfile.h cet.h cet_util.h inifile.h session.h
 shape.o: shape.c defs.h config.h queue.h gbtypes.h zlib/zlib.h \
-  zlib/zconf.h gbfile.h cet.h cet_util.h inifile.h session.h \
-  shapelib/shapefil.h
+  zlib/zconf.h gbfile.h cet.h cet_util.h inifile.h session.h
 skyforce.o: skyforce.c defs.h config.h queue.h gbtypes.h zlib/zlib.h \
   zlib/zconf.h gbfile.h cet.h cet_util.h inifile.h session.h strptime.h
 skytraq.o: skytraq.c defs.h config.h queue.h gbtypes.h zlib/zlib.h \
@@ -1099,8 +1098,6 @@
   jeeps/gpsread.h jeeps/gpsutil.h jeeps/gpsapp.h jeeps/gpsprot.h \
   jeeps/gpscom.h jeeps/gpsfmt.h jeeps/gpsmath.h jeeps/gpsmem.h \
   jeeps/gpsrqst.h jeeps/gpsinput.h jeeps/gpsproj.h
-shapelib/dbfopen.o: shapelib/dbfopen.c shapelib/shapefil.h config.h
-shapelib/shpopen.o: shapelib/shpopen.c shapelib/shapefil.h config.h
 zlib/adler32.o: zlib/adler32.c zlib/zlib.h zlib/zconf.h
 zlib/compress.o: zlib/compress.c zlib/zlib.h zlib/zconf.h
 zlib/crc32.o: zlib/crc32.c zlib/zutil.h zlib/zlib.h zlib/zconf.h \
diff -Naur gpsbabel-1.4.3.orig/shape.c gpsbabel-1.4.3/shape.c
--- gpsbabel-1.4.3.orig/shape.c	2011-11-20 21:14:08.000000000 +0100
+++ gpsbabel-1.4.3/shape.c	2012-08-24 08:45:58.686085375 +0200
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
  */
 #include "defs.h"
-#include "shapelib/shapefil.h"
+#include <libshp/shapefil.h>
 
 #if SHAPELIB_ENABLED
 static SHPHandle ihandle;