mod_rewrite & WO

I'm in trouble! We need to use mod_rewrite with mod_WebObjects, but our 
Apache has mod_rewrite included already, i.e. it's not being loaded. So 
there's no way I can influence the order in which the two modules are 
loaded. mod_rewrite does not work with WO if mod_WebObjects is not 
loaded _before_ mod_rewrite as far as I know. Is there an other trick 
or do we really have to recompile our Apache without mod_rewrite?

Thanks for your help!

-Will