--- texi2dvi.orig	2010-09-06 21:40:58.479818378 +0200
+++ texi2dvi	2010-09-06 22:16:24.169821285 +0200
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 recode=false
 set_language=
 src_specials=
+shell_escape=
 latex2html=hevea  # or set to tex4ht
 textra=         # Extra TeX commands to insert in the input file.
 txiprereq=19990129 # minimum texinfo.tex version with macro expansion
@@ -331,6 +332,7 @@
       --no-line-error        do not pass --file-line-error to TeX
   -r, --recode               call recode before TeX to translate input
       --recode-from=ENC      recode from ENC to the @documentencoding
+      --shell-escape         pass --shell-escape to TeX
       --src-specials         pass --src-specials to TeX
   -t, --command=CMD          insert CMD in copy of input file
    or --texinfo=CMD          multiple values accumulate
@@ -987,6 +989,9 @@
   # source, given a sufficiently smart editor), if specified.
   test -n "$src_specials" && cmd="$cmd $src_specials"
 
+  # Tell TeX to allow running external executables
+  test -n "$shell_escape" && cmd="$cmd $shell_escape"
+
   # Tell TeX to be batch if requested.
   if $batch; then
     # \batchmode does not show terminal output at all, so we don't
@@ -1699,6 +1704,7 @@
     -r | --recode) recode=true;;
     --recode-from) shift; recode=true; recode_from="$1";;
     --src-specials) src_specials=--src-specials;;
+    --shell-escape) shell_escape=--shell-escape;;  
     --tex4ht) latex2html=tex4ht;;
     -t | --texinfo | --command ) shift; textra="$textra\\
 "`echo "$1" | sed 's/\\\\/\\\\\\\\/g'`;;