diff --git a/lib/ChangeLog b/lib/ChangeLog
index 16be599d2e..60a9d385e7 100644
--- a/lib/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2006-07-02  Bo Peng <ben.bob@gmail.com>
+	* configure.py: add nonstopmode to cygwin latex check
+
 2006-06-27  Enrico Forestieri  <forenr@tlc.unipr.it>
 
 	* configure.py: rename checkCygwinPath -> checkTeXPaths,
diff --git a/lib/configure.py b/lib/configure.py
index 4a37deee67..b7aa93dd2d 100644
--- a/lib/configure.py
+++ b/lib/configure.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def checkTeXPaths():
     wtmpfname = cmdOutput('cygpath -m ' + wtmpfname)
     os.write(wfd, r'\input{' + inpname + '}' )
     os.close(wfd)
-    if cmdOutput('latex ' + wtmpfname).find('Error') != -1:
+    if cmdOutput('latex -interaction=nonstopmode %s' % wtmpfname).find('Error') != -1:
       print "configure: TeX engine needs posix-style paths in latex files"
       windows_style_tex_paths = 'false'
     else: