diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e3a345f4d..65aecc23a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-07-27  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* extraconf.h: Move WITH_BACKGROUND here.
+
 2001-07-24  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* doc/mc.1.in: Quote all section headers.  Minor formatting fix.
diff --git a/extraconf.h b/extraconf.h
index 816fdf0f0..f45882a2d 100644
--- a/extraconf.h
+++ b/extraconf.h
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ the need to embed this logic into configure.in.
 #    undef USE_EXT2FSLIB
 #endif
 
+#if defined (HAVE_SOCKETPAIR) || !defined (HAVE_X)
+#    define WITH_BACKGROUND
+#endif
+
 #if defined (__QNX__) && !defined(__QNXNTO__) && !defined (HAVE_INFOMOUNT_LIST)
 #    define HAVE_INFOMOUNT_QNX
 #endif