diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index 4b469d4a7..704d0be4e 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.105 -
 =====================================
+  Enable support for thin provisioning for default configuration.
   Improve process_each_lv_in_vg() tag processing.
   Reodered and simplified logging code.
   Fix SYSTEMD_READY assignment for foreign devices in lvmetad udev rules.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 851d3f75e..cf297e820 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ###############################################################################
 ## Copyright (C) 2000-2004 Sistina Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
-## Copyright (C) 2004-2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
+## Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.
 ##
 ## This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use,
 ## modify, copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions
@@ -409,8 +409,21 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING(whether to include thin provisioning)
 AC_ARG_WITH(thin,
 	    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-thin=TYPE],
 			   [thin provisioning support: internal/shared/none
-			    [[TYPE=none]]]),
-	    THIN=$withval, THIN=none)
+			    [[TYPE=internal]]]),
+	    THIN=$withval, THIN=internal)
+AC_ARG_WITH(thin-check,
+	    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-thin-check=PATH],
+			   [thin_check tool: [[thin_check]]]),
+			   THIN_CHECK_CMD=$withval, THIN_CHECK_CMD="thin_check")
+AC_ARG_WITH(thin-dump,
+	    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-thin-dump=PATH],
+			   [thin_dump tool: [[thin_dump]]]),
+			   THIN_DUMP_CMD=$withval, THIN_DUMP_CMD="thin_dump")
+AC_ARG_WITH(thin-repair,
+	    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-thin-repair=PATH],
+			   [thin_repair tool: [[thin_repair]]]),
+			   THIN_REPAIR_CMD=$withval, THIN_REPAIR_CMD="thin_repair")
+
 AC_MSG_RESULT($THIN)
 
 case "$THIN" in
@@ -420,34 +433,36 @@ case "$THIN" in
   *) AC_MSG_ERROR([--with-thin parameter invalid ($THIN)]) ;;
 esac
 
+# Test if necessary thin tools are available
+# if not - use plain defaults and warn user
 case "$THIN" in
   internal|shared)
-	AC_ARG_WITH(thin-check,
-		AC_HELP_STRING([--with-thin-check=PATH],
-			       [thin_check tool: [[autodetect]]]),
-			       THIN_CHECK_CMD=$withval, THIN_CHECK_CMD="autodetect")
 	# Empty means a config way to ignore thin checking
-	if test "$THIN_CHECK_CMD" = "autodetect"; then
-		AC_PATH_PROG(THIN_CHECK_CMD, thin_check)
-		test -z "$THIN_CHECK_CMD" && AC_MSG_ERROR(thin_check not found in path $PATH)
+	if test "$THIN_CHECK_CMD" = "thin_check"; then
+		AC_PATH_TOOL(THIN_CHECK_CMD, thin_check, thin_check)
+		test "$THIN_CHECK_CMD" = "thin_check" && {
+			AC_MSG_WARN([thin_check not found in path $PATH])
+			THIN_CHECK_CMD=thin_check
+			THIN_CONFIGURE_WARN=y
+		}
 	fi
-	AC_ARG_WITH(thin-dump,
-		AC_HELP_STRING([--with-thin-dump=PATH],
-			       [thin_dump tool: [[autodetect]]]),
-			       THIN_DUMP_CMD=$withval, THIN_DUMP_CMD="autodetect")
 	# Empty means a config way to ignore thin checking
-	if test "$THIN_DUMP_CMD" = "autodetect"; then
-		AC_PATH_PROG(THIN_DUMP_CMD, thin_dump)
-		test -z "$THIN_DUMP_CMD" && AC_MSG_ERROR(thin_dump not found in path $PATH)
+	if test "$THIN_DUMP_CMD" = "thin_dump"; then
+		AC_PATH_TOOL(THIN_DUMP_CMD, thin_dump, thin_dump)
+		test "$THIN_DUMP_CMD" = "thin_dump" && {
+			AC_MSG_WARN(thin_dump not found in path $PATH)
+			THIN_DUMP_CMD=thin_dump
+			THIN_CONFIGURE_WARN=y
+		}
 	fi
-	AC_ARG_WITH(thin-repair,
-		AC_HELP_STRING([--with-thin-repair=PATH],
-			       [thin_repair tool: [[autodetect]]]),
-			       THIN_REPAIR_CMD=$withval, THIN_REPAIR_CMD="autodetect")
 	# Empty means a config way to ignore thin checking
-	if test "$THIN_REPAIR_CMD" = "autodetect"; then
-		AC_PATH_PROG(THIN_REPAIR_CMD, thin_repair)
-		test -z "$THIN_REPAIR_CMD" && AC_MSG_ERROR(thin_repair not found in path $PATH)
+	if test "$THIN_REPAIR_CMD" = "thin_repair"; then
+		AC_PATH_TOOL(THIN_REPAIR_CMD, thin_repair)
+		test -z "$THIN_REPAIR_CMD" && {
+			AC_MSG_WARN(thin_repair not found in path $PATH)
+			THIN_REPAIR_CMD=thin_repair
+			THIN_CONFIGURE_WARN=y
+		}
 	fi
 	;;
 esac
@@ -1774,6 +1789,8 @@ unit-tests/mm/Makefile
 ])
 AC_OUTPUT
 
+test -n "$THIN_CONFIGURE_WARN" && AC_MSG_WARN([Support for thin provisioning is limited since some thin provisioning tools are missing!])
+
 if test x$ODIRECT != xyes; then
   AC_MSG_WARN(Warning: O_DIRECT disabled: low-memory pvmove may lock up)
 fi