--- configure.ac	2009-08-26 18:34:15.000000000 -0600
+++ configure.ac.non32	2009-08-26 18:33:06.000000000 -0600
@@ -44,15 +44,32 @@
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 AC_PROG_MAKE_SET
 
+enabled_non32bit="no"
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([non32bit-int],
+    [  --enable-non32bit-int   Allow compile on non 32bit int architectures [[default=no]]],
+    [if test "x$enableval" = "xyes"; then
+        enabled_non32bit="yes"
+    fi])
+
 dnl die on int != 32bits.  This is too instrumental to our code right now.
 dnl AC_MSG_CHECKING(int is 4 bytes)
 OH_SET_SIZES
 if test "x$OH_SIZEOF_INT" != "x4"; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([
-*** int is not 4 bytes, it is $OH_SIZEOF_INT bytes on this platform
-*** undefined behavior will result
-*** please contact the openhpi development team to fix this
-])
+    if test "x$enabled_non32bit" = "xyes"; then
+        AC_MSG_WARN([
+*** Size of int is not 4 bytes, it is $OH_SIZEOF_INT bytes on this platform.
+*** The --enable_non32bit_int arg has been used to force compilation regardless.
+*** Execution on this platform is not supported and could produce undefined
+*** behavior.
+        ])
+    else
+        AC_MSG_ERROR([
+*** Size of int is not 4 bytes, it is $OH_SIZEOF_INT bytes on this platform.
+*** Execution on this platform is not supported and could produce undefined
+*** behavior.
+*** Please contact the openhpi development team to fix this
+        ])
+    fi
 fi
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(CROSS_COMPILATION, test x$cross_compiling = xyes)
@@ -164,7 +181,6 @@
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(OPENHPID_STATIC, test x$openhpid_static = xyes)
 
-
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([clients],
     [  --enable-clients        build HPI client programs [[default=yes]]],
     [if test "x$enableval" = "xyes"; then