diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 422b240..8638bdf 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -321,19 +321,6 @@ echo "        the --x-libraries parameter to configure.";
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB(Xext, XShapeQueryExtension, AC_DEFINE(HAVE_X_SHAPE_EXT))
 
-# check if we need X_LOCALE definition
-AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, _Xsetlocale, AC_DEFINE(X_LOCALE), AC_DEFINE(NO_XLOCALE))
-
-# For multibyte selection handling
-if test "$MULTICHAR_ENCODING" != "none"; then
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(Xmu, XmuInternAtom)
-fi
-
-# check X11R6 for XIM
-if test "$XIM" = "TRUE"; then
-  AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback, AC_DEFINE(USE_X11R6_XIM))
-fi
-
 dnl#
 dnl# FEATURES
 dnl#
@@ -787,6 +774,19 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(xim,
 	        XIM="TRUE"
 ])
 
+# check if we need X_LOCALE definition
+AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, _Xsetlocale, AC_DEFINE(X_LOCALE), AC_DEFINE(NO_XLOCALE))
+
+# For multibyte selection handling
+if test "$MULTICHAR_ENCODING" != "none"; then
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(Xmu, XmuInternAtom)
+fi
+
+# check X11R6 for XIM
+if test "$XIM" = "TRUE"; then
+  AC_CHECK_LIB(X11, XRegisterIMInstantiateCallback, AC_DEFINE(USE_X11R6_XIM))
+fi
+
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for Greek keyboard support)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(greek,
 [  --enable-greek          compile with support for Greek keyboards], [