diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 71981b7c..5602be24 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ Fine tuning of some installation directories is available:
 	--bashcompletiondir=DIR Bash completions files [SYSCONFDIR/bash_completion.d]
 	--zshcompletiondir=DIR	Zsh completions files [PREFIX/share/zsh/functions/Completion/Unix]
 
+Some specific library versions can be specified (auto-detected otherwise):
+
+        --with-gmime-version=VERS       Specify GMIME version (2.4 or 2.6)
+
 Some features can be disabled (--with-feature=no is equivalent to
 --without-feature) :