Issue #7652: Enable linking of _decimal.so against an installed libmpdec.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 78bcbe7..f1197b0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2048,6 +2048,15 @@
 
 AC_MSG_RESULT($with_system_ffi)
 
+# Check for use of the system libmpdec library
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-system-libmpdec)
+AC_ARG_WITH(system_libmpdec,
+            AS_HELP_STRING([--with-system-libmpdec], [build _decimal module using an installed libmpdec library]),
+            [],
+            [with_system_libmpdec="no"])
+
+AC_MSG_RESULT($with_system_libmpdec)
+
 # Check for support for loadable sqlite extensions
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(loadable-sqlite-extensions,