diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index d4f46d37b4..04d5e0cad9 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -1140,3 +1140,12 @@ Reinhard 30 Jan 2006
      clientgui/
          Makefile.am
          MainFrame.cpp
+
+Reinhard 30 Jan 2006
+     - applied Derek Wright's patch to get --enable-release-client working on MacOS10.4
+	(this simply adds a check for '-lSystemStubs') [can't test this myself on 10.4 right now]
+     ./configure.ac
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 93eab8dd63..02c849f58b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -563,9 +563,13 @@ if ( test "${disable_static_linkage}" != yes ) && ( test "${enable_client_releas
    echo "----------"
    echo "NOTE: Building portable client binaries"
    echo "----------"
-
-SAH_CHECK_LDFLAG([-nodefaultlibs],[CLIENTLIBS="-nodefaultlibs ${CLIENTLIBS}"])
+   
+   SAH_CHECK_LDFLAG([-nodefaultlibs],[CLIENTLIBS="-nodefaultlibs ${CLIENTLIBS}"])
    echo DEBUG: CLIENTLIBS=${CLIENTLIBS} >&5
+        
+   SAH_CHECK_LDFLAG([-lSystemStubs],[LIBS="${LIBS} -lSystemStubs"])
+   echo DEBUG: LIBS=${LIBS} >&5
+
 fi