diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 0893f540fa..e31eea89b9 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -829,8 +829,9 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(libjasper,
                             [disable JPEG2000 loader for gdk-pixbuf])])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(gdiplus,
-            [AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-gdiplus],
-                            [disable GDI+ loaders for gdk-pixbuf])])
+            [AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-gdiplus],
+                            [enble GDI+ loaders for gdk-pixbuf (currently known to be broken)])],,
+	    [enable_gdiplus=no])
 
 AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_GDIPLUS_LOADERS, [ test x$os_win32 = xyes && test x$enable_gdiplus != xno ])