diff -urNad liferea-1.4.9~/src/mozilla/mozembed.c liferea-1.4.9/src/mozilla/mozembed.c
--- liferea-1.4.9~/src/mozilla/mozembed.c	2007-12-12 20:29:38.000000000 +0100
+++ liferea-1.4.9/src/mozilla/mozembed.c	2007-12-12 20:29:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -335,11 +335,17 @@
 mozembed_init (void)
 {
 	gchar	*profile;
-	
+
+	// if we use the glue we need to initialize the GRE
+	// explicitely.
+#ifdef XPCOM_GLUE
+	debug_enter ("mozembed_init (XPCOM_GLUE)");
+	g_assert(mozsupport_xpcom_init());
+#else
 	debug_enter ("mozembed_init");
-	
-	/* some GtkMozEmbed initialization taken from embed.c from the Galeon sources */
-	
+#endif	
+	/* some GtkMozEmbed initialization taken from embed.c from the Galeon sources */	
+
 	/* init mozilla home */
 	g_assert (g_thread_supported ());
 	
@@ -374,6 +380,7 @@
 mozembed_deinit (void)
 {
 	gtk_moz_embed_pop_startup ();
+	g_assert(mozsupport_xpcom_shutdown());
 }
 
 /* launches the specified URL */
diff -urNad liferea-1.4.9~/src/mozilla/mozilla.c liferea-1.4.9/src/mozilla/mozilla.c
--- liferea-1.4.9~/src/mozilla/mozilla.c	2007-12-12 20:29:38.000000000 +0100
+++ liferea-1.4.9/src/mozilla/mozilla.c	2007-12-12 20:29:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@
 static void mozilla_init(void) {
 
 	/* Avoid influencing the component loading by $MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME */
+#ifndef XPCOM_GLUE
 	g_unsetenv("MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME");
-
 	gtk_moz_embed_set_comp_path(MOZILLA_LIB_ROOT);
+#endif
 
 	mozembed_init();	
 }
diff -urNad liferea-1.4.9~/src/mozilla/mozsupport.cpp liferea-1.4.9/src/mozilla/mozsupport.cpp
--- liferea-1.4.9~/src/mozilla/mozsupport.cpp	2007-12-12 20:29:38.000000000 +0100
+++ liferea-1.4.9/src/mozilla/mozsupport.cpp	2007-12-12 20:29:53.000000000 +0100
@@ -29,21 +29,33 @@
 #  include <config.h>
 #endif
 
-#define MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API
+// for GLUE we _must_ not use MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API 
+#ifndef XPCOM_GLUE
+#  define MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API
+#endif
 
 #include "mozsupport.h"
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
+
 #include <gtkmozembed.h>
 #include <gtkmozembed_internal.h>
 
-#include "nsIWebBrowser.h"
-#include "nsIDOMMouseEvent.h"
-#include "dom/nsIDOMKeyEvent.h"
-#include "nsIDOMWindow.h"
-#include "nsIPrefService.h"
-#include "nsIServiceManager.h"
-#include "nsIIOService.h"
-#include "necko/nsNetCID.h"
+// if we use the glue (since 1.9), we must explicitly get the gtkmozembed symbols
+#ifdef XPCOM_GLUE
+#  include <gtkmozembed_glue.cpp>
+#endif
+
+#include <nsIWebBrowser.h>
+#include <nsIDOMMouseEvent.h>
+#include <nsIDOMKeyEvent.h>
+#include <nsIDOMWindow.h>
+#include <nsIPrefService.h>
+#include <nsIServiceManager.h>
+#include <nsIIOService.h>
+#include <nsCOMPtr.h>
+#include <nsNetCID.h>
+
+#include <nsServiceManagerUtils.h>
 
 extern "C" {
 #include "conf.h"
@@ -277,3 +289,48 @@
 	//return FALSE;
 }
 
+
+/* helpers for binaries linked against XPCOM_GLUE */
+#ifdef XPCOM_GLUE
+
+/**
+ * load xpcom through glue.
+ * When using the glue you have to call this method before doing
+ * anything else. It finds the GRE, loads the xpcom libs,
+ * maps the gtkmozbemd symbols and intializes xpcom by setting
+ * the path and component path.
+ *
+ * the caller still has to call gtk_moz_embed_push_startup()
+ */
+extern "C" gboolean
+mozsupport_xpcom_init ()
+{
+	static const GREVersionRange greVersion = {
+		"1.9a", PR_TRUE,
+		"1.9.*", PR_TRUE
+	};
+	char xpcomLocation[4096];
+	nsresult rv = GRE_GetGREPathWithProperties(&greVersion, 1, nsnull, 0, xpcomLocation, 4096);
+	NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS (rv, NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
+	// Startup the XPCOM Glue that links us up with XPCOM.
+	rv = XPCOMGlueStartup(xpcomLocation);
+	NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS (rv, NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
+	rv = GTKEmbedGlueStartup();
+	NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS (rv, NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
+	rv = GTKEmbedGlueStartupInternal();
+	NS_ENSURE_SUCCESS (rv, NS_SUCCEEDED(rv));
+	char *lastSlash = strrchr(xpcomLocation, '/');
+	if (lastSlash)
+		*lastSlash = '\0';
+	gtk_moz_embed_set_path(xpcomLocation);
+
+	return TRUE;
+}
+
+extern "C" gboolean
+mozsupport_xpcom_shutdown ()
+{
+	return NS_SUCCEEDED(XPCOMGlueShutdown());
+}
+#endif
+
diff -urNad liferea-1.4.9~/src/mozilla/mozsupport.h liferea-1.4.9/src/mozilla/mozsupport.h
--- liferea-1.4.9~/src/mozilla/mozsupport.h	2007-12-12 20:29:38.000000000 +0100
+++ liferea-1.4.9/src/mozilla/mozsupport.h	2007-12-12 20:29:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -46,8 +46,15 @@
 gboolean mozsupport_preference_set_boolean (const char *preference_name,
 					 gboolean  new_boolean_value);
 gboolean mozsupport_preference_set_int (const char *preference_name,
-				     int new_int_value);
+					int new_int_value);
 void mozsupport_set_offline_mode (gboolean offline);
+
+/* helpers for binaries linked against XPCOM_GLUE */
+#ifdef XPCOM_GLUE
+gboolean mozsupport_xpcom_init ();
+gboolean mozsupport_xpcom_shutdown ();
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif