diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 6dc7cae..b08af5d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.320 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.321 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53.
 #
@@ -845,6 +845,7 @@
   --with-pth                      use GNU pth threading libraries
   --with(out)-cycle-gc            disable/enable garbage collection
   --with(out)-universal-newlines            disable/enable foreign newlines
+  --with(out)-doc-strings         disable/enable documentation strings
   --with(out)-pymalloc            disable/enable specialized mallocs
   --with-wctype-functions         use wctype.h functions
   --with-sgi-dl=DIRECTORY         IRIX 4 dynamic linking
@@ -10964,6 +10965,30 @@
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $with_universal_newlines" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$with_universal_newlines" >&6
 
+# Check for --with-doc-strings
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for --with-doc-strings" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for --with-doc-strings... $ECHO_C" >&6
+
+# Check whether --with-doc-strings or --without-doc-strings was given.
+if test "${with_doc_strings+set}" = set; then
+  withval="$with_doc_strings"
+
+fi;
+
+if test -z "$with_doc_strings"
+then with_doc_strings="yes"
+fi
+if test "$with_doc_strings" != "no"
+then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define WITH_DOC_STRINGS 1
+_ACEOF
+
+fi
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $with_doc_strings" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}$with_doc_strings" >&6
+
 # Check for Python-specific malloc support
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for --with-pymalloc" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for --with-pymalloc... $ECHO_C" >&6