diff -up libxml++-2.33.2/aclocal.m4.mm libxml++-2.33.2/aclocal.m4
--- libxml++-2.33.2/aclocal.m4.mm	2011-06-10 19:45:35.365462680 +0200
+++ libxml++-2.33.2/aclocal.m4	2011-06-10 19:49:25.640462724 +0200
@@ -1117,6 +1117,15 @@ dnl
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([location of documentation utilities])
 AS_IF([test "x$MMDOCTOOLDIR" = x],
 [
+  MMDOCTOOLDIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=doctooldir mm-common-util 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD`
+  AS_IF([test "[$]?" -ne 0],
+        [AC_MSG_ERROR([[not found
+The required module mm-common-util could not be found on this system.
+Trying to figure out if glibmm-2.4 provides doctooldir.
+]])])
+])
+AS_IF([test "x$MMDOCTOOLDIR" = x],
+[
   MMDOCTOOLDIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=doctooldir glibmm-2.4 2>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD`
   AS_IF([test "[$]?" -ne 0],
         [AC_MSG_ERROR([[not found
diff -up libxml++-2.33.2/configure.mm libxml++-2.33.2/configure
--- libxml++-2.33.2/configure.mm	2011-06-10 20:07:37.980462940 +0200
+++ libxml++-2.33.2/configure	2011-06-10 20:29:05.669463005 +0200
@@ -15001,6 +15001,17 @@ $as_echo "#define LIBXMLCPP_EXCEPTIONS_E
 $as_echo_n "checking location of documentation utilities... " >&6; }
 if test "x$MMDOCTOOLDIR" = x; then :
 
+  MMDOCTOOLDIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=doctooldir mm-common-util 2>&5`
+  if test "$?" -ne 0; then :
+  as_fn_error $? "not found
+            The required module mm-common-util could not be found on this system.
+            Trying to figure out if glibmm-2.4 provides doctooldir.
+" "$LINENO" 5
+fi
+fi
+
+if test "x$MMDOCTOOLDIR" = x; then :
+
   MMDOCTOOLDIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=doctooldir glibmm-2.4 2>&5`
   if test "$?" -ne 0; then :
   as_fn_error $? "not found