--- configure.ac.old	2013-08-13 18:06:46.000000000 +0200
+++ configure.ac	2013-08-16 13:00:37.000000000 +0200
@@ -1652,7 +1652,16 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(jdk-home,
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(help,
     AS_HELP_STRING([--with-help],
-        [Enable the build of help.]))
+        [Enable the build of help. There is a special parameter "common" that
+         can be used to bundle only the common part, .e.g help-specific icons.
+         This is useful when you build the helpcontent separately.])
+    [
+                          Usage:     --with-help	build the entire local help
+                        	     --without-help     no local help (default)
+                        	     --with-help=common bundle common files for the local
+                        	                        help but do not build the whole help
+    ],
+,)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(java,
     AS_HELP_STRING([--with-java],
@@ -4386,14 +4395,21 @@ fi
 AC_SUBST(DO_FETCH_TARBALLS)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build help])
-if test "$with_help" = "yes" -a $_os != iOS -a $_os != Android; then
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+HELP_COMMON_ONLY=FALSE
+if test -n "$with_help" -a "$with_help" != "no" -a $_os != iOS -a $_os != Android; then
     BUILD_TYPE="$BUILD_TYPE HELP"
-    SCPDEFS="$SCPDEFS -DWITH_HELP"
     GIT_NEEDED_SUBMODULES="helpcontent2 $GIT_NEEDED_SUBMODULES"
+    if test "$with_help" = "common" ; then
+	HELP_COMMON_ONLY=TRUE
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([common only])
+    else
+	SCPDEFS="$SCPDEFS -DWITH_HELP"
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+    fi
 else
     AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 fi
+AC_SUBST(HELP_COMMON_ONLY)
 
 dnl Test whether to include MySpell dictionaries
 dnl ===================================================================
--- config_host.mk.in.old	2013-08-06 19:25:04.000000000 +0200
+++ config_host.mk.in	2013-08-16 13:05:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ export HAVE_NON_CONST_NPP_GETMIMEDESCRIP
 export HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE=@HAVE_POSIX_FALLOCATE@
 export HAVE_READDIR_R=@HAVE_READDIR_R@
 export HAVE_THREADSAFE_STATICS=@HAVE_THREADSAFE_STATICS@
+export HELP_COMMON_ONLY=@HELP_COMMON_ONLY@
 export HOST_PLATFORM=@host@
 export HSQLDB_JAR=@HSQLDB_JAR@
 export HSQLDB_USE_JDBC_4_1=@HSQLDB_USE_JDBC_4_1@
--- helpcontent2/Module_helpcontent2.mk.old	2013-08-06 19:24:32.000000000 +0200
+++ helpcontent2/Module_helpcontent2.mk	2013-08-16 14:51:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 $(eval $(call gb_Module_Module,helpcontent2))
 
+ifneq ($(HELP_COMMON_ONLY),TRUE)
 $(eval $(call gb_Module_add_targets,helpcontent2,\
 	AllLangHelp_sbasic \
 	AllLangHelp_scalc \
@@ -19,6 +20,10 @@ $(eval $(call gb_Module_add_targets,help
 	AllLangHelp_simpress \
 	AllLangHelp_smath \
 	AllLangHelp_swriter \
+))
+endif
+
+$(eval $(call gb_Module_add_targets,helpcontent2,\
 	CustomTarget_imagelist \
 	Package_imagelist \
 ))