--- /dev/null
+Add an option to disable IDLE
+
+IDLE is an IDE embedded into python, written using Tk, so it doesn't make
+much sense to have it into our build.
+
+Signed-off-by: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com>
+
+---
+ Makefile.pre.in | 8 +++++++-
+ configure.ac | 6 ++++++
+ setup.py | 4 +++-
+ 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: b/Makefile.pre.in
+===================================================================
+--- a/Makefile.pre.in
++++ b/Makefile.pre.in
+@@ -1101,7 +1101,9 @@
+ -rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC)/python3.pc
+ (cd $(DESTDIR)$(LIBPC); $(LN) -s python-$(VERSION).pc python3.pc)
+ -rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/idle3
++ifeq (@IDLE@,yes)
+ (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s idle$(VERSION) idle3)
++endif
+ -rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/pydoc3
+ ifeq (@PYDOC@,yes)
+ (cd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR); $(LN) -s pydoc$(VERSION) pydoc3)
+@@ -1149,7 +1151,6 @@
+ html json http dbm xmlrpc \
+ logging csv wsgiref urllib \
+ ctypes ctypes/macholib \
+- idlelib idlelib/Icons \
+ distutils distutils/command \
+ importlib \
+ turtledemo \
+@@ -1226,6 +1227,10 @@
+ LIBSUBDIRS += $(XMLLIBSUBDIRS)
+ endif
+
++ifeq (@IDLE@,yes)
++LIBSUBDIRS += idlelib idlelib/Icons
++endif
++
+ ifeq (@TEST_MODULES@,yes)
+ LIBSUBDIRS += $(TESTSUBDIRS)
+ endif
+Index: b/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -2746,6 +2746,12 @@
+ AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-lib2to3], [disable lib2to3]),
+ [ LIB2TO3="${enableval}" ], [ LIB2TO3=yes ])
+
++AC_SUBST(IDLE)
++
++AC_ARG_ENABLE(idle3,
++ AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-idle3], [disable idle3 IDE]),
++ [ IDLE="${enableval}" ], [ IDLE=yes ])
++
+ # Check for enable-ipv6
+ AH_TEMPLATE(ENABLE_IPV6, [Define if --enable-ipv6 is specified])
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([if --enable-ipv6 is specified])
+Index: b/setup.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/setup.py
++++ b/setup.py
+@@ -2201,11 +2201,13 @@
+ import warnings
+ warnings.filterwarnings("ignore",category=DeprecationWarning)
+
+- scripts = ['Tools/scripts/idle3', 'Lib/smtpd.py']
++ scripts = ['Lib/smtpd.py']
+ if not '--disable-pydoc' in sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS"):
+ scripts += [ 'Tools/scripts/pydoc3' ]
+ if not '--disable-lib2to3' in sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS"):
+ scripts += [ 'Tools/scripts/2to3' ]
++ if not '--disable-idle3' in sysconfig.get_config_var("CONFIG_ARGS"):
++ scripts += [ 'Tools/scripts/idle3' ]
+
+ setup(# PyPI Metadata (PEP 301)
+ name = "Python",