--- /dev/null
+Add an option to disable the tk module
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
+
+---
+ Makefile.pre.in | 14 +++++++++++---
+ configure.ac | 9 +++++++++
+ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+Index: b/Makefile.pre.in
+===================================================================
+--- a/Makefile.pre.in
++++ b/Makefile.pre.in
+@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@
+ EXTRAPLATDIR= @EXTRAPLATDIR@
+ MACHDEPS= $(PLATDIR) $(EXTRAPLATDIR)
+ XMLLIBSUBDIRS= xml xml/dom xml/etree xml/parsers xml/sax
+-LIBSUBDIRS= tkinter \
++LIBSUBDIRS= \
+ site-packages \
+ asyncio \
+ collections concurrent concurrent/futures encodings \
+@@ -1158,8 +1158,7 @@
+ venv venv/scripts venv/scripts/posix \
+ curses $(MACHDEPS)
+
+-TESTSUBDIRS = tkinter/test tkinter/test/test_tkinter tkinter/test/test_ttk \
+- test test/test_asyncio \
++TESTSUBDIRS = test test/test_asyncio \
+ test/test_email test/test_email/data \
+ test/test_json \
+ test/audiodata \
+@@ -1213,6 +1212,12 @@
+ TESTSUBDIRS += sqlite3/test
+ endif
+
++ifeq (@TK@,yes)
++LIBSUBDIRS += tkinter
++TESTSUBDIRS += tkinter/test tkinter/test/test_tkinter \
++ tkinter/test/test_ttk
++endif
++
+ ifeq (@TEST_MODULES@,yes)
+ LIBSUBDIRS += $(TESTSUBDIRS)
+ endif
+Index: b/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -2684,6 +2684,15 @@
+ DISABLED_EXTENSIONS="${DISABLED_EXTENSIONS} _sqlite3"
+ fi
+
++AC_SUBST(TK)
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(tk,
++ AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-tk], [disable tk]),
++ [ TK="${enableval}" ], [ TK=yes ])
++
++if test "$TK" = "no"; then
++ DISABLED_EXTENSIONS="${DISABLED_EXTENSIONS} _tkinter"
++fi
++
+ AC_SUBST(PYDOC)
+
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE(pydoc,