diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f0cfb1b1a..1670c6976 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(glx-tls,        AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-glx-tls], [Build GLX with
 
 dnl Extensions.
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(registry,       AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-registry], [Build string registry module (default: enabled)]), [XREGISTRY=$enableval], [XREGISTRY=yes])
-AC_ARG_ENABLE(composite,      AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-composite], [Build Composite extension (default: enabled)]), [COMPOSITE=$enableval], [COMPOSITE=yes])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(composite,      AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-composite], [Build Composite extension (default: enabled)]), [COMPOSITE=$enableval], [COMPOSITE=auto])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(mitshm,         AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-shm], [Build SHM extension (default: enabled)]), [MITSHM=$enableval], [MITSHM=yes])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(xres,           AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-xres], [Build XRes extension (default: enabled)]), [RES=$enableval], [RES=yes])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(xtrap,          AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-xtrap], [Build XTrap extension (default: enabled)]), [XTRAP=$enableval], [XTRAP=yes])
@@ -783,6 +783,15 @@ if test "x$XREGISTRY" = xyes; then
 	AC_DEFINE(XREGISTRY, 1, [Build registry module])
 fi
 
+dnl XQuartz DDX Detection... Yes, it's ugly to have it here... but we need to disable COMPOSITE for 
+if test "x$COMPOSITE" = xauto; then
+	case $host_os in
+		darwin*)
+			[ "x$XQUARTZ" = xyes -o "x$XQUARTZ" = xauto ] && COMPOSITE=no
+			;;
+	esac
+fi
+
 AM_CONDITIONAL(COMPOSITE, [test "x$COMPOSITE" = xyes])
 if test "x$COMPOSITE" = xyes; then
 	AC_DEFINE(COMPOSITE, 1, [Support Composite Extension])
diff --git a/hw/xquartz/xpr/Makefile.am b/hw/xquartz/xpr/Makefile.am
index 652356180..f6ede8b18 100644
--- a/hw/xquartz/xpr/Makefile.am
+++ b/hw/xquartz/xpr/Makefile.am
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Xquartz_LDADD = \
 	$(top_builddir)/miext/shadow/libshadow.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/fb/libfb.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/mi/libmi.la \
-	$(top_builddir)/composite/libcomposite.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/damageext/libdamageext.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/miext/damage/libdamage.la \
 	$(top_builddir)/xfixes/libxfixes.la \