diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4a295520c..0d17d4f01 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1176,6 +1176,10 @@ if( WITH_HSPELL )
 endif( WITH_HSPELL )
 
 
+####" default spell checker #####################
+set( DEFAULT_SPELL_CHECKER "ISPELL" CACHE STRING "default spell checker" )
+
+
 ##### enable TDEIconLoader debugging ############
 
 if ( WITH_TDEICONLOADER_DEBUG )
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index b7a8120aa..9f253e9a4 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 /* Define where aspell data dir is */
 #define ASPELL_DATADIR "@ASPELL_DATADIR@"
 
+/* Define default spell checker */
+#define DEFAULT_SPELL_CHECKER KS_CLIENT_@DEFAULT_SPELL_CHECKER@
+
 /* Avahi API 0.6 */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_DNSSD 1
 #cmakedefine AVAHI_API_0_6 1
diff --git a/tdeui/ksconfig.cpp b/tdeui/ksconfig.cpp
index c814fec5c..cb211e4df 100644
--- a/tdeui/ksconfig.cpp
+++ b/tdeui/ksconfig.cpp
@@ -188,11 +188,7 @@ KSpellConfig::readGlobalSettings()
   setDictionary    ( kc->readEntry("KSpell_Dictionary") );
   setDictFromList  ( kc->readNumEntry("KSpell_DictFromList", false) );
   setEncoding ( kc->readNumEntry ("KSpell_Encoding", KS_E_UTF8) );
-#if defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)
-  setClient ( kc->readNumEntry ("KSpell_Client", KS_CLIENT_ASPELL) );
-#else
-  setClient ( kc->readNumEntry ("KSpell_Client", KS_CLIENT_ISPELL) );
-#endif
+  setClient ( kc->readNumEntry ("KSpell_Client", DEFAULT_SPELL_CHECKER) );
 
   return true;
 }