diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 997593498a..10c66ae7fa 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2006-10-16  Kevin Cozens  <kcozens@cvs.gnome.org>
+
+	* configure.in: Set enable_python to yes if it wasn't set to no.
+	Fixes display of Python status in "Optional Plug-Ins" section. 
+
+	* plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/script-fu-compat.init: Added
+	'the-environment'.
+
 2006-10-16  Michael Natterer  <mitch@gimp.org>
 
 	* app/widgets/gimplayertreeview.c: #include "core/gimp.h" for
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 07ce684b7b..d70c4afbad 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ m4_define([pycheck_error], [
 *** to use scripts for GIMP that are written in Python).])
 
 if test "x$enable_python" != xno; then
+  enable_python = "yes"
   dnl check for Python
   AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.3.5,,
     [AC_MSG_ERROR([pycheck_error([Python 2.3.5 or better], [it])])])
diff --git a/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/script-fu-compat.init b/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/script-fu-compat.init
index 1fe0f9aa28..49e58a6755 100644
--- a/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/script-fu-compat.init
+++ b/plug-ins/script-fu/scripts/script-fu-compat.init
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
 (define pow expt)
 (define string-lessp string<?)
 (define symbol-bound? defined?)
+(define the-environment current-environment)
 
 (define *pi*
   (* 4 (atan 1.0))