diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d9751e1c9..859d8ab9a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 #     Use the given install directory for make install.
 #     Default is /usr/local
 #
+#   --stdcxx-base=<apache_stdcxx_install_prefix>
+#     If (and only if) the $POCO_BASE/build/config selected with --config
+#     uses the Apache stdcxx library, then apache_stdcxx_install_prefix
+#     specifies the base directory of where stdcxx is installed.
+#
 #   --no-tests
 #     Do not build testsuites.
 #
@@ -53,6 +58,11 @@ while [ "$1" != "" ] ; do
 		prefix=$val
 	fi
 	
+	val=`expr $1 : '--stdcxx-base=\(.*\)'`
+	if [ "$val" != "" ] ; then
+		stdcxx_base=$val
+	fi
+	
 	if [ "$1" = "--no-samples" ] ; then
 		samples=""
 	fi
@@ -109,12 +119,18 @@ echo "POCO_BASE = $base" >>$build/config.make
 echo "POCO_BUILD = $build" >>$build/config.make
 echo "POCO_PREFIX = $prefix" >>$build/config.make
 echo "POCO_FLAGS = $flags" >>$build/config.make
+if [ "$stdcxx_base" != "" ] ; then
+	echo "STDCXX_BASE = $stdcxx_base" >>$build/config.make
+fi
 
 echo "export POCO_CONFIG" >>$build/config.make
 echo "export POCO_BASE" >>$build/config.make
 echo "export POCO_BUILD" >>$build/config.make
 echo "export POCO_PREFIX" >>$build/config.make
 echo "export POCO_FLAGS" >>$build/config.make
+if [ "$stdcxx_base" != "" ] ; then
+	echo "export STDCXX_BASE" >>$build/config.make
+fi
 
 echo ".PHONY: poco" >>$build/config.make
 echo "poco: libexecs $tests $samples" >>$build/config.make