--- /dev/null
+Add an option to disable bsddb
+
+bsddb has an external dependency on Berkeley DB. Since we want to be
+able to build Python without it, this patch adds an option to disable
+the build/installation of this Python module.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
+
+---
+ Makefile.pre.in | 10 ++++++++--
+ configure.in | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: b/Makefile.pre.in
+===================================================================
+--- a/Makefile.pre.in
++++ b/Makefile.pre.in
+@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@
+ email email/mime \
+ ensurepip ensurepip/_bundled \
+ json \
+- logging bsddb csv importlib wsgiref \
++ logging csv importlib wsgiref \
+ ctypes ctypes/macholib \
+ idlelib idlelib/Icons \
+ distutils distutils/command \
+@@ -981,7 +981,6 @@
+ test/tracedmodules \
+ email/test email/test/data \
+ json/tests \
+- bsddb/test \
+ ctypes/test \
+ idlelib/idle_test \
+ distutils/tests \
+@@ -1022,6 +1021,11 @@
+ LIBSUBDIRS += $(XMLLIBSUBDIRS)
+ endif
+
++ifeq (@BSDDB@,yes)
++LIBSUBDIRS += bsddb
++TESTSUBDIRS += bsddb/test
++endif
++
+ libinstall: build_all $(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR) $(srcdir)/Modules/xxmodule.c
+ @for i in $(SCRIPTDIR) $(LIBDEST); \
+ do \
+Index: b/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -2656,6 +2656,28 @@
+ DISABLED_EXTENSIONS="${DISABLED_EXTENSIONS} nis"
+ fi])
+
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(dbm,
++ AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-dbm], [disable DBM]),
++ [ if test "$enableval" = "no"; then
++ DISABLED_EXTENSIONS="${DISABLED_EXTENSIONS} dbm"
++ fi])
++
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(gdbm,
++ AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-gdbm], [disable GDBM]),
++ [ if test "$enableval" = "no"; then
++ DISABLED_EXTENSIONS="${DISABLED_EXTENSIONS} gdbm"
++ fi])
++
++AC_SUBST(BSDDB)
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(bsddb,
++ AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-bsddb], [disable BerkeyleyDB]),
++ [ if test "$enableval" = "no"; then
++ BSDDB=no
++ DISABLED_EXTENSIONS="${DISABLED_EXTENSIONS} _bsddb"
++ else
++ BSDDB=yes
++ fi], [ BSDDB=yes ])
++
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE(unicodedata,
+ AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-unicodedata], [disable unicodedata]),
+ [ if test "$enableval" = "no"; then