diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 628058b..a8ad845 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
 int Py_FrozenFlag; /* Needed by getpath.c */
 int Py_UnicodeFlag = 0; /* Needed by compile.c */
 int Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag; /* e.g. PYTHONPATH, PYTHONHOME */
+/* _XXX Py_QnewFlag should go away in 2.3.  It's true iff -Qnew is passed,
+  on the command line, and is used in 2.2 by ceval.c to make all "/" divisions
+  true divisions (which they will be in 2.3). */
+int _Py_QnewFlag = 0;
 
 static int initialized = 0;