diff --git a/config.make.in b/config.make.in
index 95c6f36..0cd5427 100644
--- a/config.make.in
+++ b/config.make.in
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ sysdeps-add-ons = @sysdeps_add_ons@
 cross-compiling = @cross_compiling@
 force-install = @force_install@
 link-obsolete-rpc = @link_obsolete_rpc@
+build-obsolete-nsl = @build_obsolete_nsl@
 build-nscd = @build_nscd@
 use-nscd = @use_nscd@
 build-hardcoded-path-in-tests= @hardcoded_path_in_tests@
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8fe5937..d2d1e91 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ add_on_subdirs
 add_ons
 build_pt_chown
 build_nscd
+build_obsolete_nsl
 link_obsolete_rpc
 libc_cv_nss_crypt
 enable_werror
@@ -769,6 +770,7 @@ enable_werror
 enable_multi_arch
 enable_nss_crypt
 enable_obsolete_rpc
+enable_obsolete_nsl
 enable_systemtap
 enable_build_nscd
 enable_nscd
@@ -1436,6 +1438,8 @@ Optional Features:
   --enable-nss-crypt      enable libcrypt to use nss
   --enable-obsolete-rpc   build and install the obsolete RPC code for
                           link-time usage
+  --enable-obsolete-nsl   build and install the obsolete libnsl library and
+                          depending NSS modules
   --enable-systemtap      enable systemtap static probe points [default=no]
   --disable-build-nscd    disable building and installing the nscd daemon
   --disable-nscd          library functions will not contact the nscd daemon
@@ -3566,6 +3570,15 @@ if test "$link_obsolete_rpc" = yes; then
 
 fi
 
+# Check whether --enable-obsolete-nsl was given.
+if test "${enable_obsolete_nsl+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_obsolete_nsl; build_obsolete_nsl=$enableval
+else
+  build_obsolete_nsl=no
+fi
+
+
+
 # Check whether --enable-systemtap was given.
 if test "${enable_systemtap+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_systemtap; systemtap=$enableval
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3c766b7..fd8e5e3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -345,6 +345,13 @@ if test "$link_obsolete_rpc" = yes; then
   AC_DEFINE(LINK_OBSOLETE_RPC)
 fi
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([obsolete-nsl],
+              AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-obsolete-nsl],
+                             [build and install the obsolete libnsl library and depending NSS modules]),
+              [build_obsolete_nsl=$enableval],
+              [build_obsolete_nsl=no])
+AC_SUBST(build_obsolete_nsl)
+
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([systemtap],
               [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-systemtap],
 	       [enable systemtap static probe points @<:@default=no@:>@])],
diff --git a/nis/Makefile b/nis/Makefile
index 991460f..f5f0200 100644
--- a/nis/Makefile
+++ b/nis/Makefile
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ include ../Makeconfig
 
 aux			:= nis_hash
 
-ifeq ($(link-obsolete-rpc),yes)
+ifeq ($(build-obsolete-nsl),yes)
 headers			:= $(wildcard rpcsvc/*.[hx])
-endif
 
 # These are the databases available for the nis (and perhaps later nisplus)
 # service.  This must be a superset of the services in nss.
@@ -35,15 +34,21 @@ databases		= proto service hosts network grp pwd rpc ethers \
 
 # Specify rules for the nss_* modules.
 services		:= nis nisplus compat
+endif
 
-extra-libs		= libnsl $(services:%=libnss_%)
+extra-libs		= libnsl
+ifeq ($(build-obsolete-nsl),yes)
+extra-libs += $(services:%=libnss_%)
+endif
 # These libraries will be built in the `others' pass rather than
 # the `lib' pass, because they depend on libc.so being built already.
 extra-libs-others	= $(extra-libs)
 
+ifeq ($(build-obsolete-nsl),yes)
 # The sources are found in the appropriate subdir.
 subdir-dirs = $(services:%=nss_%)
 vpath %.c $(subdir-dirs)
+endif
 
 libnsl-routines = yp_xdr ypclnt ypupdate_xdr \
 		  nis_subr nis_local_names nis_free nis_file \
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@ libnsl-routines = yp_xdr ypclnt ypupdate_xdr \
 		  nis_findserv nis_callback nis_clone_dir nis_clone_obj\
 		  nis_clone_res nss-default
 
+ifeq ($(build-obsolete-nsl),yes)
 libnss_compat-routines	:= $(addprefix compat-,grp pwd spwd initgroups)
 libnss_compat-inhibit-o	= $(filter-out .os,$(object-suffixes))
 
@@ -67,14 +73,17 @@ libnss_nis-inhibit-o	= $(filter-out .os,$(object-suffixes))
 libnss_nisplus-routines	:= $(addprefix nisplus-,$(databases)) nisplus-parser \
 			   nss-nisplus nisplus-initgroups
 libnss_nisplus-inhibit-o = $(filter-out .os,$(object-suffixes))
+endif
 
 include ../Rules
 
 
+ifeq ($(build-obsolete-nsl),yes)
 $(objpfx)libnss_compat.so: $(objpfx)libnsl.so$(libnsl.so-version)
 $(objpfx)libnss_nis.so: $(objpfx)libnsl.so$(libnsl.so-version) \
 			$(common-objpfx)nss/libnss_files.so
 $(objpfx)libnss_nisplus.so: $(objpfx)libnsl.so$(libnsl.so-version)
+endif
 
 libnsl-libc = $(common-objpfx)linkobj/libc.so
 # Target-specific variable setting to link objects using deprecated
@@ -87,5 +96,7 @@ $(services:%=$(objpfx)libnss_%.so) $(objpfx)libnsl.so: \
 ifeq ($(build-shared),yes)
 $(others:%=$(objpfx)%): $(objpfx)libnsl.so$(libnsl.so-version)
 else
+ifeq ($(build-obsolete-nsl),yes)
 $(others:%=$(objpfx)%): $(objpfx)libnsl.a
 endif
+endif
