diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 161776d..b6f15f3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 
 *Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
 
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #17682: Add the _io module to Modules/Setup.dist (commented out).
+
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/Modules/Setup.dist b/Modules/Setup.dist
index 289d4b4..2ad1aa3 100644
--- a/Modules/Setup.dist
+++ b/Modules/Setup.dist
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@
 # access to ISO C locale support
 #_locale _localemodule.c  # -lintl
 
+# Standard I/O baseline
+#_io -I$(srcdir)/Modules/_io _io/bufferedio.c _io/bytesio.c _io/fileio.c _io/iobase.c _io/_iomodule.c _io/stringio.c _io/textio.c
+
 
 # Modules with some UNIX dependencies -- on by default:
 # (If you have a really backward UNIX, select and socket may not be