diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4ae4e6869..4c96748b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ AC_DEFINE([BOOST_NO_HASH])
 AC_CHECK_PROG([PDFTEX], [pdftex], [pdftex])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PDFTEX], [test "x$PDFTEX" != "x"])
 
+if test "x$PDFTEX" != "x"; then
+  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for eplain])
+  AX_TEX_TEST([\input eplain
+\end
+], [ax_tex_have_eplain])
+  AC_MSG_RESULT([$ax_tex_have_eplain])
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_EPLAIN], [test "x$ax_tex_have_eplain" = "xyes"])
+
 AC_CHECK_PROG([PDFLATEX], [pdflatex], [pdflatex])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PDFLATEX], [test "x$PDFLATEX" != "x"])
 
@@ -172,10 +181,10 @@ else
   BUILD_DYNAREPLUSPLUS="no (missing one of: BLAS, LAPACK, POSIX Threads)"
 fi
 
-if test "x$CWEAVE" != "x" -a x"$PDFTEX" != "x"; then
+if test "x$CWEAVE" != "x" -a x"$PDFTEX" != "x" -a "x$ax_tex_have_eplain" = "xyes"; then
   BUILD_DYNAREPLUSPLUS_SRCDOC="yes"
 else
-  BUILD_DYNAREPLUSPLUS_SRCDOC="no (missing one of: cweave, pdftex)"
+  BUILD_DYNAREPLUSPLUS_SRCDOC="no (missing one of: cweave, pdftex, eplain)"
 fi
 
 if test "x$XSLTPROC" != "x" -a "x$DOCBOOK_XSLT_CURRENT_VERSION" != "xno"; then
diff --git a/dynare++/integ/cc/Makefile.am b/dynare++/integ/cc/Makefile.am
index 973104c3a..f16017c33 100644
--- a/dynare++/integ/cc/Makefile.am
+++ b/dynare++/integ/cc/Makefile.am
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ dummy.ch:
 
 if HAVE_CWEAVE
 if HAVE_PDFTEX
+if HAVE_EPLAIN
 pdf: main.web $(CWEBSRC)
 	$(CWEAVE) -bhp main.web
 	$(PDFTEX) main
 	mv main.pdf integ.pdf
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 CLEANFILES = dummy.ch integ.pdf main.idx main.log main.scn main.tex main.toc
diff --git a/dynare++/kord/Makefile.am b/dynare++/kord/Makefile.am
index 9dc22e7ad..023a2751f 100644
--- a/dynare++/kord/Makefile.am
+++ b/dynare++/kord/Makefile.am
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ dummy.ch:
 
 if HAVE_CWEAVE
 if HAVE_PDFTEX
+if HAVE_EPLAIN
 pdf: main.web $(CWEBSRC)
 	$(CWEAVE) -bhp main.web
 	$(PDFTEX) main
 	mv main.pdf kord.pdf
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 CLEANFILES = dummy.ch kord.pdf main.idx main.log main.scn main.tex main.toc out.txt
diff --git a/dynare++/tl/cc/Makefile.am b/dynare++/tl/cc/Makefile.am
index 968e7ca18..d36a1da0e 100644
--- a/dynare++/tl/cc/Makefile.am
+++ b/dynare++/tl/cc/Makefile.am
@@ -109,11 +109,13 @@ dummy.ch:
 
 if HAVE_CWEAVE
 if HAVE_PDFTEX
+if HAVE_EPLAIN
 pdf: main.web $(CWEBSRC)
 	$(CWEAVE) -bhp main.web
 	$(PDFTEX) main
 	mv main.pdf tl.pdf
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 CLEANFILES = dummy.ch tl.pdf main.idx main.log main.scn main.tex main.toc
diff --git a/m4/ax_tex_test.m4 b/m4/ax_tex_test.m4
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ebc39574
--- /dev/null
+++ b/m4/ax_tex_test.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# ===========================================================================
+#          http://www.nongnu.org/autoconf-archive/ax_latex_test.html
+# ===========================================================================
+#
+# OBSOLETE MACRO
+#
+#   Deprecated because of licensing issues. The Lesser GPL imposes licensing
+#   restrictions on the generated configure script unless it is augmented
+#   with an Autoconf Exception clause.
+#
+# SYNOPSIS
+#
+#   AX_TEX_TEST(FILEDATA,VARIABLETOSET,[NOCLEAN])
+#
+# DESCRIPTION
+#
+#   This macros execute the pdftex application with FILEDATA as input and set
+#   VARIABLETOSET the yes or no depending of the result if NOCLEAN is set,
+#   the folder used for the test is not delete after testing.
+#
+#   The macro assumes that the variable PDFTEX is set.
+#
+#   Adapted from the macro AX_LATEX_TEST by Sébastien Villemot.
+#
+# LICENSE
+#
+#   Copyright (c) 2008 Boretti Mathieu <boretti@eig.unige.ch>
+#   Copyright (c) 2009 Dynare Team
+#
+#   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at
+#   your option) any later version.
+#
+#   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+#   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser
+#   General Public License for more details.
+#
+#   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+#   along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+AC_DEFUN([AX_TEX_TEST],[
+rm -rf conftest.dir/.acltx
+AS_MKDIR_P([conftest.dir/.acltx])
+cd conftest.dir/.acltx
+m4_ifval([$2],[$2="no"; export $2;])
+cat > conftest.tex << ACLEOF
+$1
+ACLEOF
+cat conftest.tex | $PDFTEX 2>&1 1>output m4_ifval([$2],[&& $2=yes])
+cd ..
+cd ..
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.dir/.acltx/conftest.tex >&5
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: executing cat conftest.tex | $latex" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.dir/.acltx/output >&5
+m4_ifval([$3],,[rm -rf conftest.dir/.acltx])
+])