diff -r 0026d94d45e6 Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in	Thu Jul 28 03:53:59 2016 +0000
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in	Thu Jul 28 13:01:39 2016 +0200
@@ -720,13 +720,13 @@
 Programs/_freeze_importlib: Programs/_freeze_importlib.o $(LIBRARY_OBJS_OMIT_FROZEN)
 	$(LINKCC) $(PY_LDFLAGS) -o $@ Programs/_freeze_importlib.o $(LIBRARY_OBJS_OMIT_FROZEN) $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)
 
-Python/importlib_external.h: $(srcdir)/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py Programs/_freeze_importlib
+Python/importlib_external.h: $(srcdir)/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py @FREEZE_IMPORTLIB_DEPENDENCY@
 	if test "$(cross_compiling)" != "yes"; then \
 	    ./Programs/_freeze_importlib \
 	        $(srcdir)/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap_external.py Python/importlib_external.h; \
 	fi
 
-Python/importlib.h: $(srcdir)/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py Programs/_freeze_importlib
+Python/importlib.h: $(srcdir)/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py @FREEZE_IMPORTLIB_DEPENDENCY@
 	if test "$(cross_compiling)" != "yes"; then \
 	    ./Programs/_freeze_importlib \
 	        $(srcdir)/Lib/importlib/_bootstrap.py Python/importlib.h; \
diff -r 0026d94d45e6 configure
--- a/configure	Thu Jul 28 03:53:59 2016 +0000
+++ b/configure	Thu Jul 28 13:01:39 2016 +0200
@@ -740,6 +740,7 @@
 CONFIG_ARGS
 SOVERSION
 VERSION
+FREEZE_IMPORTLIB_DEPENDENCY
 PGEN_DEPENDENCY
 PYTHON_FOR_BUILD
 PYTHON_FOR_GEN
@@ -3052,12 +3053,15 @@
 	PYTHON_FOR_BUILD='_PYTHON_PROJECT_BASE=$(abs_builddir) _PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM=$(_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM) PYTHONPATH=$(shell test -f pybuilddir.txt && echo $(abs_builddir)/`cat pybuilddir.txt`:)$(srcdir)/Lib:$(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR) '$interp
     fi
     PGEN_DEPENDENCY=''
+    FREEZE_IMPORTLIB_DEPENDENCY=''
 elif test "$cross_compiling" = maybe; then
     as_fn_error $? "Cross compiling required --host=HOST-TUPLE and --build=ARCH" "$LINENO" 5
 else
     PYTHON_FOR_BUILD='./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E'
     PGEN_DEPENDENCY='$(PGEN)'
-fi
+    FREEZE_IMPORTLIB_DEPENDENCY='Programs/_freeze_importlib'
+fi
+
 
 
 
diff -r 0026d94d45e6 configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Thu Jul 28 03:53:59 2016 +0000
+++ b/configure.ac	Thu Jul 28 13:01:39 2016 +0200
@@ -82,14 +82,17 @@
 	PYTHON_FOR_BUILD='_PYTHON_PROJECT_BASE=$(abs_builddir) _PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM=$(_PYTHON_HOST_PLATFORM) PYTHONPATH=$(shell test -f pybuilddir.txt && echo $(abs_builddir)/`cat pybuilddir.txt`:)$(srcdir)/Lib:$(srcdir)/Lib/$(PLATDIR) '$interp
     fi
     PGEN_DEPENDENCY=''
+    FREEZE_IMPORTLIB_DEPENDENCY=''
 elif test "$cross_compiling" = maybe; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([Cross compiling required --host=HOST-TUPLE and --build=ARCH])
 else
     PYTHON_FOR_BUILD='./$(BUILDPYTHON) -E'
     PGEN_DEPENDENCY='$(PGEN)'
+    FREEZE_IMPORTLIB_DEPENDENCY='Programs/_freeze_importlib'
 fi
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD)
 AC_SUBST(PGEN_DEPENDENCY)
+AC_SUBST(FREEZE_IMPORTLIB_DEPENDENCY)
 
 dnl Ensure that if prefix is specified, it does not end in a slash. If
 dnl it does, we get path names containing '//' which is both ugly and