diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2424b629b786df00f26bd270891935e9e361f0d2..ee697718a676921dce894ff866f0790202bd0a75 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ CVS code -
 - General
 	- Changed _POSIX_VERSION checks in regex code to HAVE_REGEX_H, 
 	  added check for regex.h in configure.in.
+- configure.in:
+	- Added default case for cross-compiling to get rid of annoying
+	  AC_TRY_RUN warning.
 - cut.c:
   do_cut_text()
 	- Don't immediately abort if we're on filebot and the marker is
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6f1c51855c17515a67335032d1c2d7fa2b40aeff..3a80e130e7ab28fee2accb618bd69c395d1ebf40 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ echo "configure:1330: checking for SLtt_initialize in -lslang" >&5
 	    _libs=$LIBS
 	    LIBS="$LIBS -lslang"
 	    if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-    { echo "configure: error: can not run test program while cross compiling" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+  echo "configure: warning: *** Can not use slang when cross-compiling" 1>&2
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
 #line 1337 "configure"
@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ fi
 echo "configure:1410: checking for SLtt_initialize in -lslang $tcap" >&5
 		LIBS="$LIBS $tcap"
 		if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-    { echo "configure: error: can not run test program while cross compiling" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+  echo "configure: warning: *** Can not use slang when cross-compiling" 1>&2
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
 #line 1416 "configure"
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@ else
 echo "configure:1445: checking for SLtt_initialize in -lslang $tcap -lm" >&5
 		    LIBS="$LIBS -lm"
 		    if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
-    { echo "configure: error: can not run test program while cross compiling" 1>&2; exit 1; }
+  echo "configure: warning: *** Can not use slang when cross-compiling" 1>&2
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
 #line 1451 "configure"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 183707d52e6e8dfe527f87acd9ab680e1dce7373..5cc3b2338caf702efca52a41954b6cbafef227f9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ int main () { SLtt_initialize (NULL); return 0; }],
 			    CURSES_LIB="-lslang $tcap -lm"
 			fi
 			CURSES_LIB_NAME=slang],
-			[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)])])]),
+			[AC_MSG_RESULT(no)],
+AC_MSG_WARN([*** Can not use slang when cross-compiling]))],
+AC_MSG_WARN([*** Can not use slang when cross-compiling]))], 
+AC_MSG_WARN([*** Can not use slang when cross-compiling])),
 	    AC_MSG_ERROR([
 *** The header file slcurses.h was not found. If you wish to use
 *** slang support this header file is required. Please either