diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5f55d272..1d5ba91f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ if you are not familiar with configure).
 
 configure has the following medit-specific options:
 
+  --enable-printing       enable printing support with GTK-2.9
+    This option exists for the period until GTK-2.10 is released. GTK has
+    printing support since 2.9, but it's not stable yet, therefore current code
+    may be broken with future versions of GTK. Use this option only if you are
+    ready to have broken builds (bug reports about those are still welcome).
+
   --enable-debug          enable debug options (default = NO)
   --enable-all-gcc-warnings
                           enable most of gcc warnings and turn on -pedantic
diff --git a/m4/moo-gtk.m4 b/m4/moo-gtk.m4
index 60c126b1..126984e4 100644
--- a/m4/moo-gtk.m4
+++ b/m4/moo-gtk.m4
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([_MOO_CHECK_VERSION],[
             fi
         done
 
-        # 2.9 counts as 2.10
-        if test $[]$1[]_MINOR_VERSION -ge 9; then
-            moo_ver_2_10=yes
-        fi
-
         AC_MSG_RESULT($[]$1[]_MAJOR_VERSION.$[]$1[]_MINOR_VERSION.$[]$1[]_MICRO_VERSION)
     fi
 
@@ -52,4 +47,26 @@ AC_DEFUN([MOO_PKG_CHECK_GTK_VERSIONS],[
     _MOO_CHECK_VERSION(GTK, gtk+-2.0)
     _MOO_CHECK_VERSION(GLIB, glib-2.0)
     _MOO_CHECK_VERSION(GDK, gdk-2.0)
+
+    AC_ARG_ENABLE([printing], AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-printing], [whether to enable printing support with gtk >= 2.9 (default = NO, it is UNSTABLE)]), [
+            if test x$enable_printing = "xyes"; then
+                MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING="yes"
+            else
+                MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING="no"
+            fi
+        ],[
+            MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING="no"
+    ])
+
+    if test $GTK_MINOR_VERSION -lt 9; then
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE([GTK version is $GTK_VERSION, no printing])
+        MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING="no"
+    elif test x$MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING = xno; then
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE([printing disabled])
+    else
+        AC_DEFINE(MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING, 1, [enable printing])
+        AC_MSG_NOTICE([printing enabled])
+    fi
+
+    AM_CONDITIONAL(MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING, test x$MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING = xyes)
 ])
diff --git a/moo.kdevelop b/moo.kdevelop
index 323459aa..307ba2f9 100644
--- a/moo.kdevelop
+++ b/moo.kdevelop
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     </ignoreparts>
     <projectdirectory>.</projectdirectory>
     <absoluteprojectpath>false</absoluteprojectpath>
-    <description/>
+    <description></description>
     <secondaryLanguages>
       <language>C</language>
     </secondaryLanguages>
@@ -49,21 +49,21 @@
     </run>
     <configurations>
       <debug>
-        <configargs>--enable-debug=full --enable-all-gcc-warnings</configargs>
+        <configargs>--enable-debug=full --enable-all-gcc-warnings --enable-printing</configargs>
         <builddir>build/debug</builddir>
         <ccompiler>kdevgccoptions</ccompiler>
         <cxxcompiler>kdevgppoptions</cxxcompiler>
         <f77compiler>kdevg77options</f77compiler>
         <cflags>-O0 -g3</cflags>
-        <topsourcedir/>
-        <cppflags/>
-        <ccompilerbinary/>
-        <cxxcompilerbinary/>
-        <f77compilerbinary/>
-        <f77flags/>
+        <topsourcedir></topsourcedir>
+        <cppflags></cppflags>
+        <ccompilerbinary></ccompilerbinary>
+        <cxxcompilerbinary></cxxcompilerbinary>
+        <f77compilerbinary></f77compilerbinary>
+        <f77flags></f77flags>
         <envvars/>
-        <ldflags/>
-        <cxxflags/>
+        <ldflags></ldflags>
+        <cxxflags></cxxflags>
       </debug>
       <gtk-print>
         <configargs>--enable-debug --enable-all-gcc-warnings --without-python --prefix=/usr/local/gtk-print</configargs>
@@ -221,15 +221,15 @@
   </kdevautoproject>
   <kdevdebugger>
     <general>
-      <dbgshell/>
+      <dbgshell></dbgshell>
       <programargs>--g-fatal-warnings</programargs>
       <breakonloadinglibs>true</breakonloadinglibs>
       <separatetty>false</separatetty>
       <floatingtoolbar>true</floatingtoolbar>
-      <gdbpath/>
-      <configGdbScript/>
-      <runShellScript/>
-      <runGdbScript/>
+      <gdbpath></gdbpath>
+      <configGdbScript></configGdbScript>
+      <runShellScript></runShellScript>
+      <runGdbScript></runGdbScript>
     </general>
     <display>
       <staticmembers>true</staticmembers>
@@ -291,16 +291,16 @@
   </kdevdoctreeview>
   <kdevfilecreate>
     <filetypes>
-      <type icon="source" ext="g" name="GAP source" create="template" >
+      <type icon="source" ext="g" create="template" name="GAP source" >
         <descr>A new empty GAP source file</descr>
       </type>
-      <type icon="source_cpp" ext="cpp" name="C++ Source" create="template" >
+      <type icon="source_cpp" ext="cpp" create="template" name="C++ Source" >
         <descr>A new empty C++ file.</descr>
       </type>
-      <type icon="source_h" ext="h" name="C/C++ Header" create="template" >
+      <type icon="source_h" ext="h" create="template" name="C/C++ Header" >
         <descr>A new empty header file for C/C++.</descr>
       </type>
-      <type icon="source_c" ext="c" name="C Source" create="template" >
+      <type icon="source_c" ext="c" create="template" name="C Source" >
         <descr>A new empty C file.</descr>
       </type>
     </filetypes>
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
     </codecompletion>
     <references/>
     <creategettersetter>
-      <prefixGet/>
+      <prefixGet></prefixGet>
       <prefixSet>set</prefixSet>
       <prefixVariable>m_,_</prefixVariable>
       <parameterName>theValue</parameterName>
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@
     <qt>
       <used>false</used>
       <version>3</version>
-      <root/>
+      <root></root>
     </qt>
   </kdevcppsupport>
   <kdevdocumentation>
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/Makefile.incl b/moo/mooedit/Makefile.incl
index be0e657d..1ca4f886 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/Makefile.incl
+++ b/moo/mooedit/Makefile.incl
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ mooedit_sources =                             \
     $(mooedit)/mootextview.c                  \
     $(mooedit)/moousertools.c
 
-mooedit_gtk_2_10_sources =                    \
+mooedit_printing_sources =                    \
     $(mooedit)/mootextprint.c                 \
     $(mooedit)/mootextprint.h
 
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ $(mooedit)/statusbar-glade.h: $(mooedit_srcdir)/glade/statusbar.glade $(XML2H)
 	sh $(XML2H) STATUSBAR_GLADE_XML $(mooedit_srcdir)/glade/statusbar.glade \
 		> $(mooedit)/statusbar-glade.h
 
-if GTK_2_10
-mooedit_sources += $(mooedit_gtk_2_10_sources)
+if MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING
+mooedit_sources += $(mooedit_printing_sources)
 else
-mooedit_extra_dist = $(mooedit_gtk_2_10_sources)
+mooedit_extra_dist = $(mooedit_printing_sources)
 endif
 
 moo_extra_dist += $(mooedit_extra_dist) $(mooedit_tools_DATA)
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/mooeditwindow.c b/moo/mooedit/mooeditwindow.c
index 3c3007d0..ee04a4ba 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/mooeditwindow.c
+++ b/moo/mooedit/mooeditwindow.c
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
  *   See COPYING file that comes with this distribution.
  */
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
 #define MOOEDIT_COMPILATION
 #include "mooedit/statusbar-glade.h"
 #include "mooedit/mooedit-private.h"
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@
 #include "mooutils/moocompat.h"
 #include "mooutils/mooglade.h"
 #include "moofileview/moofilesystem.h"
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,9,0)
+#ifdef MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING
 #include "mooedit/mootextprint.h"
 #endif
 #include <string.h>
@@ -211,7 +215,7 @@ static void moo_edit_window_next_ph     (MooEditWindow      *window);
 static void moo_edit_window_prev_ph     (MooEditWindow      *window);
 
 
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,9,0)
+#ifdef MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING
 static void moo_edit_window_page_setup  (MooEditWindow    *window);
 static void moo_edit_window_print       (MooEditWindow    *window);
 #endif
@@ -670,7 +674,7 @@ moo_edit_window_class_init (MooEditWindowClass *klass)
                                  "condition::sensitive", "has-open-document",
                                  NULL);
 
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,9,0)
+#ifdef MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING
     moo_window_class_new_action (window_class, "PageSetup",
                                  "name", "Page Setup",
                                  "label", "Page Setup",
@@ -1149,7 +1153,7 @@ moo_edit_window_prev_ph (MooEditWindow *window)
 }
 
 
-#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION(2,9,0)
+#ifdef MOO_ENABLE_PRINTING
 static void
 moo_edit_window_page_setup (MooEditWindow *window)
 {