diff -Naur gimp-help-2.4.0.orig/configure.ac gimp-help-2.4.0/configure.ac
--- gimp-help-2.4.0.orig/configure.ac	2008-01-06 02:25:10.000000000 +0300
+++ gimp-help-2.4.0/configure.ac	2008-01-06 02:26:45.000000000 +0300
@@ -48,6 +48,29 @@
 AC_SUBST(ALL_LINGUAS)
 AC_SUBST(QUICKREFERENCE_ALL_LINGUAS)
 
+# Lists all existing language codes existed in the package.
+# This helps to filter images for languages user did not asked to install.
+ALL_EXISTING_LINGUAS="cs de en es fr hr it ko nl no ru sv zh_CN"
+
+SKIP_IMAGES_LINGUAS=""
+for lang in $ALL_EXISTING_LINGUAS ; do
+  filter="true"
+  for asked_lang in $ALL_LINGUAS ; do
+    if test "$lang" = "$asked_lang"; then
+      filter="false"
+    fi
+  done
+  if test "$filter" = "true" ; then
+    if test "x$SKIP_IMAGES_LINGUAS" = "x" ; then
+      SKIP_IMAGES_LINGUAS="$lang"
+    else
+      SKIP_IMAGES_LINGUAS="$SKIP_IMAGES_LINGUAS\|$lang"
+    fi
+  fi
+done
+
+AC_SUBST(SKIP_IMAGES_LINGUAS)
+
 #  The build of the HTML files is optional.
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(build,
diff -Naur gimp-help-2.4.0.orig/Makefile.am gimp-help-2.4.0/Makefile.am
--- gimp-help-2.4.0.orig/Makefile.am	2007-11-18 22:46:28.000000000 +0300
+++ gimp-help-2.4.0/Makefile.am	2008-01-06 02:27:13.000000000 +0300
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@
 	@echo "** Installing images: (G=gif, J=jpg, M=mng, P=png, X=xcf)"
 
 	@cd $(top_srcdir) && find images $(image_find_predicates) | \
+	sed "\:.*/\($(SKIP_IMAGES_LINGUAS)\)/.*:d" | \
 	while read file; do \
 		case "$$file" in \
 		  *.png) echo -n P ;; \