diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 425fe27..9bbe89f 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@
 [  --disable-time-check          disable slow thread warning messages])
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(pcreposix,
 [  --enable-pcreposix          enable using PCRE Posix libs for regex functions])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(fpm,
+[  --enable-fpm            enable Forwarding Plane Manager support])
 
 if test x"${enable_gcc_ultra_verbose}" = x"yes" ; then
   CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -W -Wcast-qual -Wstrict-prototypes"
@@ -292,6 +294,10 @@
   fi
 fi
 
+if test "${enable_fpm}" = "yes"; then
+   AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FPM,,Forwarding Plane Manager support)
+fi
+
 if test "${enable_broken_aliases}" = "yes"; then
   if test "${enable_netlink}" = "yes"
   then
@@ -828,6 +834,7 @@
 AC_SUBST(RT_METHOD)
 AC_SUBST(KERNEL_METHOD)
 AC_SUBST(OTHER_METHOD)
+AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_NETLINK], [test "x$netlink" = "xyes"])
 
 dnl --------------------------
 dnl Determine IS-IS I/O method