diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fd5ba686fd5..c7478d49cac 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ Tools/Demos
 Build
 -----
 
+- bug #991962: When building with --disable-toolbox-glue on Darwin no
+  attempt to build Mac-specific modules occurs.
+
 - The --with-tsc flag to configure to enable VM profiling with the
   processor's timestamp counter now works on PPC platforms.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c309a32d950..50e57673b56 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
 
         # Platform-dependent module source and include directories
         platform = self.get_platform()
-        if platform in ('darwin', 'mac'):
+        if platform in ('darwin', 'mac') and ("--disable-toolbox-glue" not in 
+            sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS")):
             # Mac OS X also includes some mac-specific modules
             macmoddir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), srcdir, 'Mac/Modules')
             moddirlist.append(macmoddir)
@@ -789,7 +790,8 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
             # SunOS specific modules
             exts.append( Extension('sunaudiodev', ['sunaudiodev.c']) )
 
-        if platform == 'darwin':
+        if platform == 'darwin' and ("--disable-toolbox-glue" not in 
+            sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS")):
             # Mac OS X specific modules.
             exts.append( Extension('_CF', ['cf/_CFmodule.c', 'cf/pycfbridge.c'],
                         extra_link_args=['-framework', 'CoreFoundation']) )