diff --git MacOSX/configure MacOSX/configure
index 8b42e38..b3fc826 100755
--- MacOSX/configure
+++ MacOSX/configure
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 
 ./MacOSX/convert_reader_h.pl MacOSX/reader.h.in > MacOSX/reader.h
 
+if [[ ("$*" =~ "--no-configure") ]]; then
+       exit 0
+fi
+
 # find pcsc-lite header files in MacOSX/
 # use ${varname:-word} to return word only if varname is not already defined
 PCSC_CFLAGS=${PCSC_CFLAGS:--I$(pwd)/MacOSX}