diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 052f3514cb922e61ab0217fbaa2f9a3194904e88..dcb5fa0aba48df3f92ab67635c95457ea8002b56 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -496,6 +496,15 @@ AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
 dnl ** check for leading underscores in symbol names
 FPTOOLS_UNDERSCORE
 
+dnl ** how is the end of text section signalled?
+FPTOOLS_END_TEXT_SECTION
+
+dnl ** how is the end of data section signalled?
+FPTOOLS_END_DATA_SECTION
+
+dnl ** code before data?
+FPTOOLS_CODE_BEFORE_DATA
+
 AC_OUTPUT(mk/config.mk, echo timestamp > mk/stamp-h )
 
 echo ''