diff --git a/nsprpub/config/autoconf.mk.in b/nsprpub/config/autoconf.mk.in
index e551755cf0c..08d44021862 100644
--- a/nsprpub/config/autoconf.mk.in
+++ b/nsprpub/config/autoconf.mk.in
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ CLASSIC_NSPR	= @USE_NSPR_THREADS@
 AS		= @AS@
 CC		= @CC@
 CCC		= @CXX@
-AR		= @AR@ cr $@
+AR		= @AR@
+AR_FLAGS	= @AR_FLAGS@
 RANLIB		= @RANLIB@
 PERL		= @PERL@
 DLLTOOL		= @DLLTOOL@
diff --git a/nsprpub/config/rules.mk b/nsprpub/config/rules.mk
index a0065556a07..31bd759b710 100644
--- a/nsprpub/config/rules.mk
+++ b/nsprpub/config/rules.mk
@@ -267,8 +267,12 @@ $(LIBRARY): $(OBJS)
 	rm -f $@
 ifdef XP_OS2_VACPP
 	$(AR) $(subst /,\\,$(OBJS)) $(AR_EXTRA_ARGS)
+else
+ifdef USE_AUTOCONF
+	$(AR) $(AR_FLAGS) $(OBJS) $(AR_EXTRA_ARGS)
 else
 	$(AR) $(OBJS) $(AR_EXTRA_ARGS)
+endif # USE_AUTOCONF
 endif
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
diff --git a/nsprpub/configure b/nsprpub/configure
index 7f4eab4f227..fe54408ab3f 100755
--- a/nsprpub/configure
+++ b/nsprpub/configure
@@ -2244,6 +2244,7 @@ DLL_SUFFIX=so
 MKSHLIB='$(CCC) -shared -o $@'
 PR_MD_ASFILES=
 PR_MD_CSRCS=
+AR_FLAGS='cr $@'
 
 case "$host" in
 *-mingw*)
@@ -2254,6 +2255,29 @@ case "$host" in
 esac
 
 case "$target" in
+
+*-nto*)
+    cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
+#define XP_UNIX 1
+EOF
+
+    MDCPUCFG_H=_nto.cfg
+    PR_MD_CSRCS=nto.c
+    PR_MD_ARCH_DIR=unix
+    MKSHLIB='qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -shared -Wl,-h$(@:$(OBJDIR)/%.so=%.so) -o $(@:$(OBJDIR)/%.so=%.so)'
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wc,-Wall -Wc,-Wno-parentheses -DNTO -D_QNX_SOURCE -DHAVE_POINTER_LOCALTIME_R -shared"
+    OS_LIBS="-lsocket"
+    _OPTIMIZE_FLAGS="-O2"
+    _DEBUG_FLAGS="-O2 -gdwarf-2"
+    COMPILER_TAG="_qcc"
+    CC="qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -w"
+    CXX="QCC -Vgcc_ntox86 -w"
+    CPP="qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -w"
+    LD="qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -nostdlib"
+    AR="qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -M -a "
+    AR_FLAGS="$@"
+	;;
+
 *-beos*)
     cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
 #define XP_BEOS 1
@@ -2456,6 +2480,7 @@ EOF
 	;;
     esac
     ;;
+
 esac
 
 if test "$enable_shared" = no; then
@@ -2466,7 +2491,7 @@ fi
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking how to run the C preprocessor""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2470: checking how to run the C preprocessor" >&5
+echo "configure:2495: checking how to run the C preprocessor" >&5
 # On Suns, sometimes $CPP names a directory.
 if test -n "$CPP" && test -d "$CPP"; then
   CPP=
@@ -2481,13 +2506,13 @@ else
   # On the NeXT, cc -E runs the code through the compiler's parser,
   # not just through cpp.
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2485 "configure"
+#line 2510 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 Syntax Error
 EOF
 ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
-{ (eval echo configure:2491: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+{ (eval echo configure:2516: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
 ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
 if test -z "$ac_err"; then
   :
@@ -2498,13 +2523,13 @@ else
   rm -rf conftest*
   CPP="${CC-cc} -E -traditional-cpp"
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2502 "configure"
+#line 2527 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 Syntax Error
 EOF
 ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
-{ (eval echo configure:2508: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+{ (eval echo configure:2533: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
 ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
 if test -z "$ac_err"; then
   :
@@ -2515,13 +2540,13 @@ else
   rm -rf conftest*
   CPP="${CC-cc} -nologo -E"
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2519 "configure"
+#line 2544 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 Syntax Error
 EOF
 ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
-{ (eval echo configure:2525: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+{ (eval echo configure:2550: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
 ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
 if test -z "$ac_err"; then
   :
@@ -2547,13 +2572,13 @@ echo "$ac_t""$CPP" 1>&6
 
 if test $ac_cv_prog_gcc = yes; then
     echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2551: checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional" >&5
+echo "configure:2576: checking whether ${CC-cc} needs -traditional" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_gcc_traditional'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
     ac_pattern="Autoconf.*'x'"
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2557 "configure"
+#line 2582 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <sgtty.h>
 Autoconf TIOCGETP
@@ -2571,7 +2596,7 @@ rm -f conftest*
 
   if test $ac_cv_prog_gcc_traditional = no; then
     cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2575 "configure"
+#line 2600 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <termio.h>
 Autoconf TCGETA
@@ -2595,12 +2620,12 @@ fi
 for ac_func in lchown strerror
 do
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_func""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2599: checking for $ac_func" >&5
+echo "configure:2624: checking for $ac_func" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_$ac_func'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2604 "configure"
+#line 2629 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char $ac_func(); below.  */
@@ -2623,7 +2648,7 @@ $ac_func();
 
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:2627: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:2652: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_func_$ac_func=yes"
 else
@@ -2674,7 +2699,7 @@ fi
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking for pthread_attr_init in -lpthread""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2678: checking for pthread_attr_init in -lpthread" >&5
+echo "configure:2703: checking for pthread_attr_init in -lpthread" >&5
 ac_lib_var=`echo pthread'_'pthread_attr_init | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -2682,7 +2707,7 @@ else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="-lpthread  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2686 "configure"
+#line 2711 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
@@ -2693,7 +2718,7 @@ int main() {
 pthread_attr_init()
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:2697: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:2722: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
 else
@@ -2712,7 +2737,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_lib_'$ac_lib_var`\" = yes"; then
 else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 echo $ac_n "checking for pthread_attr_init in -lc_r""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2716: checking for pthread_attr_init in -lc_r" >&5
+echo "configure:2741: checking for pthread_attr_init in -lc_r" >&5
 ac_lib_var=`echo c_r'_'pthread_attr_init | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -2720,7 +2745,7 @@ else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="-lc_r  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2724 "configure"
+#line 2749 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
@@ -2731,7 +2756,7 @@ int main() {
 pthread_attr_init()
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:2735: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:2760: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
 else
@@ -2750,7 +2775,7 @@ if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_lib_'$ac_lib_var`\" = yes"; then
 else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 echo $ac_n "checking for pthread_attr_init in -lc""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2754: checking for pthread_attr_init in -lc" >&5
+echo "configure:2779: checking for pthread_attr_init in -lc" >&5
 ac_lib_var=`echo c'_'pthread_attr_init | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -2758,7 +2783,7 @@ else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="-lc  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2762 "configure"
+#line 2787 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
@@ -2769,7 +2794,7 @@ int main() {
 pthread_attr_init()
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:2773: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:2798: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
 else
@@ -2898,7 +2923,7 @@ if test -n "$USE_PTHREADS"; then
       rm -f conftest*
    ac_cv_have_dash_pthread=no
    echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CC-cc} accepts -pthread""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2902: checking whether ${CC-cc} accepts -pthread" >&5
+echo "configure:2927: checking whether ${CC-cc} accepts -pthread" >&5
    echo 'int main() { return 0; }' | cat > conftest.c
    ${CC-cc} -pthread -o conftest conftest.c > conftest.out 2>&1
    if test $? -eq 0; then
@@ -2946,12 +2971,12 @@ EOF
     esac
 
     echo $ac_n "checking for pthread_create""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2950: checking for pthread_create" >&5
+echo "configure:2975: checking for pthread_create" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_pthread_create'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 2955 "configure"
+#line 2980 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char pthread_create(); below.  */
@@ -2974,7 +2999,7 @@ pthread_create();
 
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:2978: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:3003: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_func_pthread_create=yes"
 else
@@ -2993,7 +3018,7 @@ else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 
        echo $ac_n "checking for pthread_create in -lpthread""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:2997: checking for pthread_create in -lpthread" >&5
+echo "configure:3022: checking for pthread_create in -lpthread" >&5
 ac_lib_var=`echo pthread'_'pthread_create | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -3001,7 +3026,7 @@ else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="-lpthread  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 3005 "configure"
+#line 3030 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
@@ -3012,7 +3037,7 @@ int main() {
 pthread_create()
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:3016: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:3041: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
 else
@@ -3068,12 +3093,12 @@ EOF
 esac
 
 echo $ac_n "checking for dlopen""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3072: checking for dlopen" >&5
+echo "configure:3097: checking for dlopen" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_dlopen'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 3077 "configure"
+#line 3102 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char dlopen(); below.  */
@@ -3096,7 +3121,7 @@ dlopen();
 
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:3100: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:3125: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_func_dlopen=yes"
 else
@@ -3115,7 +3140,7 @@ else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 
     echo $ac_n "checking for dlopen in -ldl""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:3119: checking for dlopen in -ldl" >&5
+echo "configure:3144: checking for dlopen in -ldl" >&5
 ac_lib_var=`echo dl'_'dlopen | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -3123,7 +3148,7 @@ else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="-ldl  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 3127 "configure"
+#line 3152 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
@@ -3134,7 +3159,7 @@ int main() {
 dlopen()
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:3138: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:3163: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
 else
@@ -3215,6 +3240,7 @@ fi
 
 
 
+
 
 
 trap '' 1 2 15
@@ -3459,6 +3485,7 @@ s%@LIB_SUFFIX@%$LIB_SUFFIX%g
 s%@DLL_SUFFIX@%$DLL_SUFFIX%g
 s%@MKSHLIB@%$MKSHLIB%g
 s%@DEFINES@%$DEFINES%g
+s%@AR_FLAGS@%$AR_FLAGS%g
 s%@OS_LIBS@%$OS_LIBS%g
 s%@EXTRA_LIBS@%$EXTRA_LIBS%g
 
diff --git a/nsprpub/configure.in b/nsprpub/configure.in
index f320a907036..38d05e39c84 100644
--- a/nsprpub/configure.in
+++ b/nsprpub/configure.in
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ DLL_SUFFIX=so
 MKSHLIB='$(CCC) -shared -o $@'
 PR_MD_ASFILES=
 PR_MD_CSRCS=
+AR_FLAGS='cr $@'
 
 dnl ========================================================
 dnl Override of system specific host options
@@ -234,6 +235,26 @@ dnl ========================================================
 dnl Override of system specific target options
 dnl ========================================================
 case "$target" in
+
+*-nto*)
+    AC_DEFINE(XP_UNIX)
+    MDCPUCFG_H=_nto.cfg
+    PR_MD_CSRCS=nto.c
+    PR_MD_ARCH_DIR=unix
+    MKSHLIB='qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -shared -Wl,-h$(@:$(OBJDIR)/%.so=%.so) -o $(@:$(OBJDIR)/%.so=%.so)'
+    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wc,-Wall -Wc,-Wno-parentheses -DNTO -D_QNX_SOURCE -DHAVE_POINTER_LOCALTIME_R -shared"
+    OS_LIBS="-lsocket"
+    _OPTIMIZE_FLAGS="-O2"
+    _DEBUG_FLAGS="-O2 -gdwarf-2"
+    COMPILER_TAG="_qcc"
+    CC="qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -w"
+    CXX="QCC -Vgcc_ntox86 -w"
+    CPP="qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -w"
+    LD="qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -nostdlib"
+    AR="qcc -Vgcc_ntox86 -M -a "
+    AR_FLAGS="$@"
+	;;
+
 *-beos*)
     AC_DEFINE(XP_BEOS)
     AC_DEFINE(BeOS)
@@ -379,6 +400,7 @@ case "$target" in
 	;;
     esac
     ;;
+
 esac
 
 dnl Turn off shared libraries if asked to do so.
@@ -685,6 +707,7 @@ AC_SUBST(MKSHLIB)
 AC_SUBST(DEFINES)
 AC_SUBST(DEFS)
 AC_SUBST(AR)
+AC_SUBST(AR_FLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(DLLTOOL)
 AC_SUBST(WINDRES)
 AC_SUBST(RANLIB)