--- octave-3.8.0-orig/configure.ac	2013-12-28 08:58:28.000000000 +1100
+++ octave-3.8.0/configure.ac	2014-02-15 20:11:53.821172574 +1100
@@ -995,11 +995,11 @@
 MAGICK_LIBS=
 
 PKG_CHECK_EXISTS([$magick++], [
-  ## Make sure we only get -I, -L, and -l flags.  Some Graphics/ImageMagick++
+  ## Make sure we only get -I, -D, -L, and -l flags.  Some Graphics/ImageMagick++
   ## packages add extra flags that are useful when building
   ## Graphics/ImageMagick++ extentions.  These extra flags break the
   ## Octave build. 
-  MAGICK_CPPFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags-only-I $magick++`
+  MAGICK_CPPFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --cflags $magick++ | sed -e 's/\(-@<:@DI@:>@@<:@^ \t@:>@*\)\|\(-@<:@^ \t@:>@*\)/\1/g'`
   MAGICK_LDFLAGS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs-only-L $magick++`
   MAGICK_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG --libs-only-l $magick++`