diff --git a/bootstrap b/bootstrap
index f3783a01..8ec24e1a 100755
--- a/bootstrap
+++ b/bootstrap
@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@
 # Die if an error occurs
 set -e
 
+# LolEngine specific:
+sed -ne '/AC_CONFIG_FILES/,$p' configure.ac \
+  | sed -ne 's/[ \[*]*\([a-z].*\).Makefile.*/\1/p' | while read p; do
+    if [ ! -f "$p/Makefile.am" ]; then
+        echo "bootstrap: $p/Makefile.am does not exist -- creating stub"
+        mkdir -p "$p"
+        echo "# Stub created by bootstrap" > "$p/Makefile.am"
+    fi
+done
+
 # Guess whether we are using configure.ac or configure.in
 if test -f configure.ac; then
   conffile="configure.ac"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6ca3182e..c418729d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ dnl PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG which needs to be called first.
 AC_EGREP_CPP(yes, foo)
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG()
 
+dnl  Available platforms: some of these are not public
+AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_PS3, test -f src/platform/ps3/ps3app.cpp)
+
+AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_GLEW, test "${ac_cv_my_have_glew}" != "no")
 dnl conditional builds
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug,
   [  --enable-debug          build debug versions of the game (default no)])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 5ba2725b..b31901b3 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@ liblol_a_SOURCES = \
     \
     eglapp.cpp eglapp.h \
     \
-    platform/sdl/sdlapp.cpp platform/sdl/sdlapp.h \
-    platform/sdl/sdlinput.cpp platform/sdl/sdlinput.h \
-    \
-    platform/ps3/ps3app.cpp platform/ps3/ps3app.h \
-    platform/ps3/ps3input.cpp platform/ps3/ps3input.h \
+    $(ps3_sources) \
+    $(sdl_sources) \
     \
     shader/shader.cpp shader/shader.h \
     \
@@ -39,3 +36,13 @@ liblol_a_SOURCES = \
     debug/quad.cpp debug/quad.h
 liblol_a_CPPFLAGS = @LOL_CFLAGS@
 
+sdl_sources =  \
+    platform/sdl/sdlapp.cpp platform/sdl/sdlapp.h \
+    platform/sdl/sdlinput.cpp platform/sdl/sdlinput.h
+
+if HAVE_PS3
+ps3_sources =  \
+    platform/ps3/ps3app.cpp platform/ps3/ps3app.h \
+    platform/ps3/ps3input.cpp platform/ps3/ps3input.h
+endif
+