diff --git a/Include/pymacconfig.h b/Include/pymacconfig.h
index fcfbf58..813a617 100644
--- a/Include/pymacconfig.h
+++ b/Include/pymacconfig.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 # undef DOUBLE_IS_ARM_MIXED_ENDIAN_IEEE754
 # undef DOUBLE_IS_BIG_ENDIAN_IEEE754
 # undef DOUBLE_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN_IEEE754
+# undef HAVE_GCC_ASM_FOR_X87
 
 #    undef VA_LIST_IS_ARRAY
 #    if defined(__LP64__) && defined(__x86_64__)
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@
 #define DOUBLE_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN_IEEE754
 #endif /* __BIG_ENDIAN */
 
+#ifdef __i386__
+# define HAVE_GCC_ASM_FOR_X87
+#endif
+
 	/* 
 	 * The definition in pyconfig.h is only valid on the OS release
 	 * where configure ran on and not necessarily for all systems where