diff --git a/autoconf/configure.ac b/autoconf/configure.ac
index c998dd5bc7d..9cc4efe3b12 100644
--- a/autoconf/configure.ac
+++ b/autoconf/configure.ac
@@ -2017,6 +2017,11 @@ if test "${clang_src_root}" = ""; then
   clang_src_root="$srcdir/tools/clang"
 fi
 if test -f ${clang_src_root}/README.txt; then
+  dnl Clang supports build systems which use the multilib libdir suffix.
+  dnl The autoconf system doesn't support this so stub out that variable.
+  AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(CLANG_LIBDIR_SUFFIX,"",
+                     [Multilib suffix for libdir.])
+
   dnl Use variables to stay under 80 columns.
   configh="include/clang/Config/config.h"
   doxy="docs/doxygen.cfg"
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b8cb1e22328..67eac551d5a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18458,6 +18458,12 @@ if test "${clang_src_root}" = ""; then
   clang_src_root="$srcdir/tools/clang"
 fi
 if test -f ${clang_src_root}/README.txt; then
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define CLANG_LIBDIR_SUFFIX ""
+_ACEOF
+
+
     configh="include/clang/Config/config.h"
   doxy="docs/doxygen.cfg"
   ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers tools/clang/${configh}:${clang_src_root}/${configh}.in"
diff --git a/include/llvm/Config/config.h.in b/include/llvm/Config/config.h.in
index 8fcf14548f8..ec09c84c5b7 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Config/config.h.in
+++ b/include/llvm/Config/config.h.in
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 /* Define if we have libxml2 */
 #undef CLANG_HAVE_LIBXML
 
+/* Multilib suffix for libdir. */
+#undef CLANG_LIBDIR_SUFFIX
+
 /* Relative directory for resource files */
 #undef CLANG_RESOURCE_DIR