diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 444132d..0c0c443 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.457 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.458 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.4.
 #
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@
                           deprecated; use --with(out)-threads
   --with-pth              use GNU pth threading libraries
   --with(out)-doc-strings disable/enable documentation strings
+  --with-c-profiling      Enable profiling of builtins and C extension functions
   --with(out)-tsc         enable/disable timestamp counter profile
   --with(out)-pymalloc    disable/enable specialized mallocs
   --with-wctype-functions use wctype.h functions
@@ -13029,6 +13030,31 @@
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $with_doc_strings" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}$with_doc_strings" >&6
 
+# Check for C call profiling support
+echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for --with-c-profiling" >&5
+echo $ECHO_N "checking for --with-c-profiling... $ECHO_C" >&6
+
+# Check whether --with-c-profiling or --without-c-profiling was given.
+if test "${with_c_profiling+set}" = set; then
+  withval="$with_c_profiling"
+
+if test "$withval" != no
+then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define WITH_C_PROF 1
+_ACEOF
+
+    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: yes" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}yes" >&6
+else echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+fi
+else
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}no" >&6
+fi;
+
 # Check for Python-specific malloc support
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for --with-tsc" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for --with-tsc... $ECHO_C" >&6