diff --git a/x11/xdialog/xdialog.conf b/x11/xdialog/xdialog.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b637707e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11/xdialog/xdialog.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../xdialog/xdialog.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+if pkginstalled gtk+; then
+	# instead of gtk+12
+	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-gtk2'
+fi