diff -ru enchant-1.5.0.orig/src/enchant.c enchant-1.5.0/src/enchant.c
--- enchant-1.5.0.orig/src/enchant.c	2009-06-22 11:53:16.000000000 +0100
+++ enchant-1.5.0/src/enchant.c	2009-06-22 11:53:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -232,6 +232,9 @@
 	if (module_dir)
 		module_dirs = enchant_slist_append_unique_string (module_dirs, module_dir);
 
+#if defined(ENCHANT_GLOBAL_MODULE_DIR)
+	module_dirs = enchant_slist_append_unique_string (module_dirs, g_strdup (ENCHANT_GLOBAL_MODULE_DIR));
+#else
 	/* Dynamically locate library and search for modules relative to it. */
 	prefix = enchant_get_prefix_dir();
 	if(prefix)
@@ -240,9 +243,6 @@
 			g_free(prefix);
 			module_dirs = enchant_slist_append_unique_string (module_dirs, module_dir);
 		}
-
-#if defined(ENCHANT_GLOBAL_MODULE_DIR)
-	module_dirs = enchant_slist_append_unique_string (module_dirs, g_strdup (ENCHANT_GLOBAL_MODULE_DIR));
 #endif
 
 	return module_dirs;