diff --git a/linux/dbus/wscript b/linux/dbus/wscript
index 4979b48e..3081db75 100644
--- a/linux/dbus/wscript
+++ b/linux/dbus/wscript
@@ -1,27 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 
-import Constants
-import Params
-from Configure import g_maxlen
-#g_maxlen = 40
-
-def display_msg(msg, status = None, color = None):
-    sr = msg
-    global g_maxlen
-    g_maxlen = max(g_maxlen, len(msg))
-    if status:
-        print "%s :" % msg.ljust(g_maxlen),
-        Params.pprint(color, status)
-    else:
-        print "%s" % msg.ljust(g_maxlen)
-
-def display_feature(msg, build):
-    if build:
-        display_msg(msg, "yes", 'GREEN')
-    else:
-        display_msg(msg, "no", 'YELLOW')
-
 def configure(conf):
     conf.check_pkg('dbus-1')
 
@@ -33,11 +12,7 @@ def configure(conf):
     if conf.is_defined('HAVE_EXPAT'):
         conf.env['LIB_EXPAT'] = ['expat']
 
-    build_jackdbus = False;
-    if conf.is_defined('HAVE_EXPAT') and conf.is_defined('HAVE_DBUS_1'):
-        build_jackdbus = True
-    conf.env['BUILD_JACKDBUS'] = build_jackdbus
-    display_feature('Build D-Bus JACK (jackdbus)', build_jackdbus)
+    conf.env['BUILD_JACKDBUS'] = conf.is_defined('HAVE_EXPAT') and conf.is_defined('HAVE_DBUS_1')
 
 def build(bld):
     if bld.env()["BUILD_JACKDBUS"] != True:
diff --git a/linux/wscript b/linux/wscript
index ec9b0d1b..7867bf01 100644
--- a/linux/wscript
+++ b/linux/wscript
@@ -1,13 +1,70 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # encoding: utf-8
 
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.check_pkg('alsa', vnum = '1.0.0')
+    conf.env['BUILD_DRIVER_ALSA'] = conf.is_defined('HAVE_ALSA')
+
+    #print "--> Disabling 'alsa' backend since no useful ALSA installation found"
+    #print "--> Disabling 'freebob' backend since no useful FreeBoB installation found"
+    #print "--> Disabling 'firewire' backend since no useful FFADO installation found"
+
+    #echo \| Build with ALSA support............................... : $HAVE_ALSA
+    #echo \| Build with old FireWire \(FreeBob\) support............. : $HAVE_FREEBOB
+    #echo \| Build with new FireWire \(FFADO\) support............... : $HAVE_FIREWIRE
+
+    conf.check_pkg('libfreebob', vnum = '1.0.0')
+    conf.env['BUILD_DRIVER_FREEBOB'] = conf.is_defined('HAVE_LIBFREEBOB')
+
+    conf.check_pkg('libffado', vnum = '1.999.17')
+    conf.env['BUILD_DRIVER_FFADO'] = conf.is_defined('HAVE_LIBFFADO')
+
 def build(bld):
-    obj = bld.create_obj('cpp', 'program')
-    obj.includes = ['../common/jack']
-    obj.source = ['../common/Jackdmp.cpp']
-    obj.uselib = 'PTHREAD DL RT'
-    obj.uselib_local = 'serverlib'
-    obj.target = 'jackd'
+    jackd = bld.create_obj('cpp', 'program')
+    jackd.includes = ['../common/jack']
+    jackd.source = ['../common/Jackdmp.cpp']
+    jackd.uselib = 'PTHREAD DL RT'
+    jackd.uselib_local = 'serverlib'
+    jackd.target = 'jackd'
 
-def configure(conf):
-    conf.check_pkg('dbus-1', mandatory=True)
+    driver_dummy = bld.create_obj('cpp', 'shlib')
+    driver_dummy.env['shlib_PATTERN'] = '%s.so'
+    driver_dummy.defines = 'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+    driver_dummy.includes = ['../common/jack']
+    driver_dummy.target = 'dummy'
+    driver_dummy.source = '../common/JackDummyDriver.cpp'
+
+    if bld.env()['BUILD_DRIVER_ALSA'] == True:
+        driver_alsa = bld.create_obj('cpp', 'shlib')
+        driver_alsa.features.append('cc')
+        driver_alsa.env['shlib_PATTERN'] = '%s.so'
+        driver_alsa.defines = 'HAVE_CONFIG_H JACKMP'
+        driver_alsa.includes = ['.', '../common', '../common/jack']
+        driver_alsa.target = 'alsa'
+        driver_alsa.source = [
+            'alsa/JackAlsaDriver.cpp',
+            'alsa/alsa_rawmidi.c',
+            'alsa/alsa_seqmidi.c',
+            'alsa/alsa_midi_jackmp.cpp',
+            'alsa/memops.c',
+            'alsa/generic_hw.c',
+            'alsa/hdsp.c',
+            'alsa/hammerfall.c',
+            'alsa/ice1712.c'
+            ]
+
+    if bld.env()['BUILD_DRIVER_FREEBOB'] == True:
+        driver_freebob = bld.create_obj('cpp', 'shlib')
+        driver_freebob.env['shlib_PATTERN'] = '%s.so'
+        driver_freebob.defines = 'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+        driver_freebob.includes = ['.', '../common', '../common/jack']
+        driver_freebob.target = 'freebob'
+        driver_freebob.source = 'freebob/JackFreebobDriver.cpp'
+
+    if bld.env()['BUILD_DRIVER_FFADO'] == True:
+        driver_ffado = bld.create_obj('cpp', 'shlib')
+        driver_ffado.env['shlib_PATTERN'] = '%s.so'
+        driver_ffado.defines = 'HAVE_CONFIG_H'
+        driver_ffado.includes = ['.', '../common', '../common/jack']
+        driver_ffado.target = 'firewire'
+        driver_ffado.source = 'firewire/JackFFADODriver.cpp'
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 48fcb83c..f3a92330 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 import Params
 import commands
+import Params
+from Configure import g_maxlen
+#g_maxlen = 40
 
 VERSION='1.9.0'
 APPNAME='jack'
@@ -11,6 +14,22 @@ APPNAME='jack'
 srcdir = '.'
 blddir = 'build'
 
+def display_msg(msg, status = None, color = None):
+    sr = msg
+    global g_maxlen
+    g_maxlen = max(g_maxlen, len(msg))
+    if status:
+        print "%s :" % msg.ljust(g_maxlen),
+        Params.pprint(color, status)
+    else:
+        print "%s" % msg.ljust(g_maxlen)
+
+def display_feature(msg, build):
+    if build:
+        display_msg(msg, "yes", 'GREEN')
+    else:
+        display_msg(msg, "no", 'YELLOW')
+
 def fetch_svn_revision(path):
     cmd = "LANG= "
     cmd += "svnversion "
@@ -26,6 +45,7 @@ def configure(conf):
     conf.check_tool('compiler_cxx')
     conf.check_tool('compiler_cc')
 
+    conf.sub_config('linux')
     conf.sub_config('linux/dbus')
 
     conf.env['LIB_PTHREAD'] = ['pthread']
@@ -40,8 +60,12 @@ def configure(conf):
     conf.define('JACK_SVNREVISION', fetch_svn_revision('.'))
     conf.write_config_header('config.h')
 
-    #print Params.g_options
-    #print conf.env
+    print
+    display_feature('Build with ALSA support', conf.env['BUILD_DRIVER_ALSA'] == True)
+    display_feature('Build with FireWire (FreeBob) support', conf.env['BUILD_DRIVER_FREEBOB'] == True)
+    display_feature('Build with FireWire (FFADO) support', conf.env['BUILD_DRIVER_FFADO'] == True)
+    display_feature('Build D-Bus JACK (jackdbus)', conf.env['BUILD_JACKDBUS'] == True)
+    print
 
 def build(bld):
     # process subfolders from here