diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 28cb4756530..f4a69b69373 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ Library
 Build
 -----
 
+- Patch #1471883: Add --enable-universalsdk.
+
 - The Makefile now has a reindent target, which runs reindent.py on
   the library.
 
diff --git a/Modules/expat/expat_config.h b/Modules/expat/expat_config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8c1639b976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/expat/expat_config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Expat configuration for python. This file is not part of the expat
+ * distribution.
+ */
+#ifndef EXPAT_CONFIG_H
+#define EXPAT_CONFIG_H
+
+#include <pyconfig.h>
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+#define BYTEORDER 4321
+#else
+#define BYTEORDER 1234
+#endif
+
+#define XML_NS 1
+#define XML_DTD 1
+#define XML_CONTEXT_BYTES 1024
+
+#endif /* EXPAT_CONFIG_H */