diff --git a/configure b/configure
index db9812134dd..bf4d7da9f6b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 57960 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 58645 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.6.
 #
@@ -12955,7 +12955,7 @@ fi
 
 if test -z "$with_system_ffi" && test "$ac_cv_header_ffi_h" = yes; then
 	case "$ac_sys_system/`uname -m`" in
-	Linux/arm*)  with_system_ffi="yes";;
+	Linux/arm*)  with_system_ffi="yes"; CONFIG_ARGS="$CONFIG_ARGS --with-system-ffi";;
 	*) with_system_ffi="no"
 	esac
 fi
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 2c5a85fc127..eabc69ff585 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1755,7 +1755,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(system_ffi,
 
 if test -z "$with_system_ffi" && test "$ac_cv_header_ffi_h" = yes; then
 	case "$ac_sys_system/`uname -m`" in
-	Linux/arm*)  with_system_ffi="yes";;
+	Linux/arm*)  with_system_ffi="yes"; CONFIG_ARGS="$CONFIG_ARGS --with-system-ffi";;
 	*) with_system_ffi="no"
 	esac
 fi