diff --git a/Include/compile.h b/Include/compile.h
index 45854e9..deb8ee8 100644
--- a/Include/compile.h
+++ b/Include/compile.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 } PyFutureFeatures;
 
 DL_IMPORT(PyFutureFeatures *) PyNode_Future(struct _node *, char *);
+DL_IMPORT(PyCodeObject *) PyNode_CompileFlags(struct _node *, char *,
+					      PyCompilerFlags *);
 
 #define NESTED_SCOPES_DEFAULT 0
 #define FUTURE_NESTED_SCOPES "nested_scopes"
diff --git a/Include/pythonrun.h b/Include/pythonrun.h
index 13ed471..3f9f70b 100644
--- a/Include/pythonrun.h
+++ b/Include/pythonrun.h
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+typedef struct {
+	int cf_nested_scopes;
+} PyCompilerFlags;
+
 DL_IMPORT(void) Py_SetProgramName(char *);
 DL_IMPORT(char *) Py_GetProgramName(void);
 
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@
 DL_IMPORT(int) PyRun_SimpleFile(FILE *, char *);
 DL_IMPORT(int) PyRun_SimpleFileEx(FILE *, char *, int);
 DL_IMPORT(int) PyRun_InteractiveOne(FILE *, char *);
+DL_IMPORT(int) PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags(FILE *, char *, PyCompilerFlags *);
 DL_IMPORT(int) PyRun_InteractiveLoop(FILE *, char *);
 
 DL_IMPORT(struct _node *) PyParser_SimpleParseString(char *, int);
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index efef05b..fe4d05e 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -471,7 +471,8 @@
 static void com_assign(struct compiling *, node *, int, node *);
 static void com_assign_name(struct compiling *, node *, int);
 static PyCodeObject *icompile(node *, struct compiling *);
-static PyCodeObject *jcompile(node *, char *, struct compiling *);
+static PyCodeObject *jcompile(node *, char *, struct compiling *,
+			      PyCompilerFlags *);
 static PyObject *parsestrplus(node *);
 static PyObject *parsestr(char *);
 static node *get_rawdocstring(node *);
@@ -3816,7 +3817,13 @@
 PyCodeObject *
 PyNode_Compile(node *n, char *filename)
 {
-	return jcompile(n, filename, NULL);
+	return PyNode_CompileFlags(n, filename, NULL);
+}
+
+PyCodeObject *
+PyNode_CompileFlags(node *n, char *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flags)
+{
+	return jcompile(n, filename, NULL, flags);
 }
 
 struct symtable *
@@ -3844,11 +3851,12 @@
 static PyCodeObject *
 icompile(node *n, struct compiling *base)
 {
-	return jcompile(n, base->c_filename, base);
+	return jcompile(n, base->c_filename, base, NULL);
 }
 
 static PyCodeObject *
-jcompile(node *n, char *filename, struct compiling *base)
+jcompile(node *n, char *filename, struct compiling *base,
+	 PyCompilerFlags *flags)
 {
 	struct compiling sc;
 	PyCodeObject *co;
@@ -3864,7 +3872,17 @@
 	} else {
 		sc.c_private = NULL;
 		sc.c_future = PyNode_Future(n, filename);
-		if (sc.c_future == NULL || symtable_build(&sc, n) < 0) {
+		if (sc.c_future == NULL) {
+			com_free(&sc);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		if (flags) {
+			if (flags->cf_nested_scopes)
+				sc.c_future->ff_nested_scopes = 1;
+			else if (sc.c_future->ff_nested_scopes)
+				flags->cf_nested_scopes = 1;
+		}
+		if (symtable_build(&sc, n) < 0) {
 			com_free(&sc);
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -4952,12 +4970,10 @@
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (st->st_nscopes == 1) {
-		/* XXX must check that we are compiling file_input */
-		if (symtable_warn(st, 
-		  "global statement has no meaning at module level") < 0)
-			return;
-	}
+	/* XXX It might be helpful to warn about module-level global
+	   statements, but it's hard to tell the difference between
+	   module-level and a string passed to exec.
+	*/
 
 	for (i = 1; i < NCH(n); i += 2) {
 		char *name = STR(CHILD(n, i));
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 7d73395..f7c2820 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@
 /* Forward */
 static void initmain(void);
 static void initsite(void);
-static PyObject *run_err_node(node *n, char *filename,
-			      PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals);
-static PyObject *run_node(node *n, char *filename,
-			  PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals);
-static PyObject *run_pyc_file(FILE *fp, char *filename,
-			      PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals);
+static PyObject *run_err_node(node *, char *, PyObject *, PyObject *,
+			      PyCompilerFlags *);
+static PyObject *run_node(node *, char *, PyObject *, PyObject *,
+			  PyCompilerFlags *);
+static PyObject *run_pyc_file(FILE *, char *, PyObject *, PyObject *);
 static void err_input(perrdetail *);
 static void initsigs(void);
 static void call_sys_exitfunc(void);
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@
 extern void _PyCodecRegistry_Init(void);
 extern void _PyCodecRegistry_Fini(void);
 
-
 int Py_DebugFlag; /* Needed by parser.c */
 int Py_VerboseFlag; /* Needed by import.c */
 int Py_InteractiveFlag; /* Needed by Py_FdIsInteractive() below */
@@ -472,6 +470,9 @@
 {
 	PyObject *v;
 	int ret;
+	PyCompilerFlags flags;
+
+	flags.cf_nested_scopes = 0;
 	v = PySys_GetObject("ps1");
 	if (v == NULL) {
 		PySys_SetObject("ps1", v = PyString_FromString(">>> "));
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@
 		Py_XDECREF(v);
 	}
 	for (;;) {
-		ret = PyRun_InteractiveOne(fp, filename);
+		ret = PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags(fp, filename, &flags);
 #ifdef Py_REF_DEBUG
 		fprintf(stderr, "[%ld refs]\n", _Py_RefTotal);
 #endif
@@ -499,6 +500,12 @@
 int
 PyRun_InteractiveOne(FILE *fp, char *filename)
 {
+	return PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags(fp, filename, NULL);
+}
+
+int
+PyRun_InteractiveOneFlags(FILE *fp, char *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flags)
+{
 	PyObject *m, *d, *v, *w;
 	node *n;
 	perrdetail err;
@@ -537,7 +544,7 @@
 	if (m == NULL)
 		return -1;
 	d = PyModule_GetDict(m);
-	v = run_node(n, filename, d, d);
+	v = run_node(n, filename, d, d, flags);
 	if (v == NULL) {
 		PyErr_Print();
 		return -1;
@@ -907,7 +914,7 @@
 PyRun_String(char *str, int start, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals)
 {
 	return run_err_node(PyParser_SimpleParseString(str, start),
-			    "<string>", globals, locals);
+			    "<string>", globals, locals, NULL);
 }
 
 PyObject *
@@ -924,23 +931,26 @@
 	node *n = PyParser_SimpleParseFile(fp, filename, start);
 	if (closeit)
 		fclose(fp);
-	return run_err_node(n, filename, globals, locals);
+	return run_err_node(n, filename, globals, locals, NULL);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-run_err_node(node *n, char *filename, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals)
+run_err_node(node *n, char *filename, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals,
+	     PyCompilerFlags *flags)
 {
 	if (n == NULL)
 		return  NULL;
-	return run_node(n, filename, globals, locals);
+	return run_node(n, filename, globals, locals, flags);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-run_node(node *n, char *filename, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals)
+run_node(node *n, char *filename, PyObject *globals, PyObject *locals,
+	 PyCompilerFlags *flags)
 {
 	PyCodeObject *co;
 	PyObject *v;
-	co = PyNode_Compile(n, filename);
+	/* XXX pass sess->ss_nested_scopes to PyNode_Compile */
+	co = PyNode_CompileFlags(n, filename, flags);
 	PyNode_Free(n);
 	if (co == NULL)
 		return NULL;