diff --git a/build/autoconf/hooks.m4 b/build/autoconf/hooks.m4
index 37d563189d47..539fbb239919 100644
--- a/build/autoconf/hooks.m4
+++ b/build/autoconf/hooks.m4
@@ -19,9 +19,32 @@ MOZ_CONFIG_LOG_TRAP
 
 dnl Disable the trap when running sub-configures.
 define([_MOZ_AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS], defn([AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS]))
+define([MOZ_SUBCONFIGURE_WRAP],
+[ _CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+case "$host" in
+*-mingw*)
+    _CONFIG_SHELL=$(cd $(dirname $_CONFIG_SHELL); pwd -W)/$(basename $_CONFIG_SHELL)
+    if test ! -e "$_CONFIG_SHELL" -a -e "${_CONFIG_SHELL}.exe"; then
+        _CONFIG_SHELL="${_CONFIG_SHELL}.exe"
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+
+if test -d "$1"; then
+    (cd "$1"; $PYTHON $_topsrcdir/build/subconfigure.py dump "$_CONFIG_SHELL")
+fi
+$2
+(cd "$1"; $PYTHON $_topsrcdir/build/subconfigure.py adjust)
+])
+
 define([AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS],
 [trap '' EXIT
-_MOZ_AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS($1)
+for moz_config_dir in $1; do
+  MOZ_SUBCONFIGURE_WRAP([$moz_config_dir],[
+    _MOZ_AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS($moz_config_dir)
+  ])
+done
+
 MOZ_CONFIG_LOG_TRAP
 ])
 
diff --git a/build/subconfigure.py b/build/subconfigure.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9b62114dc94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/subconfigure.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+# This script is used to capture the content of config.status-generated
+# files and subsequently restore their timestamp if they haven't changed.
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import pickle
+
+class File(object):
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self._path = path
+        self._content = open(path, 'rb').read()
+        stat = os.stat(path)
+        self._times = (stat.st_atime, stat.st_mtime)
+
+    def update_time(self):
+        '''If the file hasn't changed since the instance was created,
+           restore its old modification time.'''
+        if not os.path.exists(self._path):
+            return
+        if open(self._path, 'rb').read() == self._content:
+            os.utime(self._path, self._times)
+
+def dump(dump_file, shell):
+    if not os.path.exists('config.status'):
+        if os.path.exists(dump_file):
+            os.remove(dump_file)
+        return
+
+    config_files = [File('config.status')]
+
+    # Scan the config.status output for information about configuration files
+    # it generates.
+    config_status_output = subprocess.check_output(
+        [shell, '-c', './config.status --help'],
+        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).splitlines()
+    state = None
+    for line in config_status_output:
+        if line.startswith('Configuration') and line.endswith(':'):
+            state = 'config'
+        elif not line.startswith(' '):
+            state = None
+        elif state == 'config':
+            for f in (couple.split(':')[0] for couple in line.split()):
+                if os.path.isfile(f):
+                    config_files.append(File(f))
+
+    with open(dump_file, 'wb') as f:
+        pickle.dump(config_files, f)
+
+
+def adjust(dump_file):
+    if not os.path.exists(dump_file):
+        return
+
+    config_files = []
+
+    try:
+        with open(dump_file, 'rb') as f:
+            config_files = pickle.load(f)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    for f in config_files:
+        f.update_time()
+
+    os.remove(dump_file)
+
+
+CONFIG_DUMP = 'config_files.pkl'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if sys.argv[1] == 'dump':
+        dump(CONFIG_DUMP, sys.argv[2])
+    elif sys.argv[1] == 'adjust':
+        adjust(CONFIG_DUMP)
diff --git a/js/src/build/autoconf/hooks.m4 b/js/src/build/autoconf/hooks.m4
index 37d563189d47..539fbb239919 100644
--- a/js/src/build/autoconf/hooks.m4
+++ b/js/src/build/autoconf/hooks.m4
@@ -19,9 +19,32 @@ MOZ_CONFIG_LOG_TRAP
 
 dnl Disable the trap when running sub-configures.
 define([_MOZ_AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS], defn([AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS]))
+define([MOZ_SUBCONFIGURE_WRAP],
+[ _CONFIG_SHELL=${CONFIG_SHELL-/bin/sh}
+case "$host" in
+*-mingw*)
+    _CONFIG_SHELL=$(cd $(dirname $_CONFIG_SHELL); pwd -W)/$(basename $_CONFIG_SHELL)
+    if test ! -e "$_CONFIG_SHELL" -a -e "${_CONFIG_SHELL}.exe"; then
+        _CONFIG_SHELL="${_CONFIG_SHELL}.exe"
+    fi
+    ;;
+esac
+
+if test -d "$1"; then
+    (cd "$1"; $PYTHON $_topsrcdir/build/subconfigure.py dump "$_CONFIG_SHELL")
+fi
+$2
+(cd "$1"; $PYTHON $_topsrcdir/build/subconfigure.py adjust)
+])
+
 define([AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS],
 [trap '' EXIT
-_MOZ_AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS($1)
+for moz_config_dir in $1; do
+  MOZ_SUBCONFIGURE_WRAP([$moz_config_dir],[
+    _MOZ_AC_OUTPUT_SUBDIRS($moz_config_dir)
+  ])
+done
+
 MOZ_CONFIG_LOG_TRAP
 ])
 
diff --git a/js/src/build/subconfigure.py b/js/src/build/subconfigure.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9b62114dc94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/src/build/subconfigure.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+# This script is used to capture the content of config.status-generated
+# files and subsequently restore their timestamp if they haven't changed.
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import pickle
+
+class File(object):
+    def __init__(self, path):
+        self._path = path
+        self._content = open(path, 'rb').read()
+        stat = os.stat(path)
+        self._times = (stat.st_atime, stat.st_mtime)
+
+    def update_time(self):
+        '''If the file hasn't changed since the instance was created,
+           restore its old modification time.'''
+        if not os.path.exists(self._path):
+            return
+        if open(self._path, 'rb').read() == self._content:
+            os.utime(self._path, self._times)
+
+def dump(dump_file, shell):
+    if not os.path.exists('config.status'):
+        if os.path.exists(dump_file):
+            os.remove(dump_file)
+        return
+
+    config_files = [File('config.status')]
+
+    # Scan the config.status output for information about configuration files
+    # it generates.
+    config_status_output = subprocess.check_output(
+        [shell, '-c', './config.status --help'],
+        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT).splitlines()
+    state = None
+    for line in config_status_output:
+        if line.startswith('Configuration') and line.endswith(':'):
+            state = 'config'
+        elif not line.startswith(' '):
+            state = None
+        elif state == 'config':
+            for f in (couple.split(':')[0] for couple in line.split()):
+                if os.path.isfile(f):
+                    config_files.append(File(f))
+
+    with open(dump_file, 'wb') as f:
+        pickle.dump(config_files, f)
+
+
+def adjust(dump_file):
+    if not os.path.exists(dump_file):
+        return
+
+    config_files = []
+
+    try:
+        with open(dump_file, 'rb') as f:
+            config_files = pickle.load(f)
+    except Exception:
+        pass
+
+    for f in config_files:
+        f.update_time()
+
+    os.remove(dump_file)
+
+
+CONFIG_DUMP = 'config_files.pkl'
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if sys.argv[1] == 'dump':
+        dump(CONFIG_DUMP, sys.argv[2])
+    elif sys.argv[1] == 'adjust':
+        adjust(CONFIG_DUMP)
diff --git a/js/src/configure.in b/js/src/configure.in
index 18725935f0d4..245e84adbb8e 100644
--- a/js/src/configure.in
+++ b/js/src/configure.in
@@ -4361,7 +4361,8 @@ if test -n "$ENABLE_INTL_API" ; then
 
     abs_srcdir=`(cd $srcdir; pwd)`
     mkdir -p $_objdir/intl/icu
-    (cd $_objdir/intl/icu; \
+    (cd $_objdir/intl/icu
+     MOZ_SUBCONFIGURE_WRAP([.],[
      CC="$CC" CXX="$CXX" \
      CFLAGS="$ICU_CFLAGS" CPPFLAGS="$ICU_CPPFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$ICU_CXXFLAGS" \
             $SHELL $abs_srcdir/../../intl/icu/source/runConfigureICU \
@@ -4370,6 +4371,7 @@ if test -n "$ENABLE_INTL_API" ; then
             $ICU_LINK_OPTS \
             --enable-extras=no --enable-icuio=no  --enable-layout=no \
             --enable-tests=no --enable-samples=no || exit 1
+     ])
     ) || exit 1
 fi