diff --git a/js/src/configure.in b/js/src/configure.in
index 640497fa630..d11660e23d0 100644
--- a/js/src/configure.in
+++ b/js/src/configure.in
@@ -4147,6 +4147,14 @@ MOZ_ARG_ENABLE_STRING(debug,
   MOZ_DEBUG=)
 
 MOZ_DEBUG_ENABLE_DEFS="-DDEBUG -D_DEBUG -DTRACING"
+MOZ_ARG_WITH_STRING(debug-label,
+[  --with-debug-label=LABELS
+                           Enabled the use of DEBUG_label ifdefs
+                           (comma separated)],
+[ for option in `echo $withval | sed 's/,/ /g'`; do
+    MOZ_DEBUG_ENABLE_DEFS="$MOZ_DEBUG_ENABLE_DEFS -DDEBUG_${option}"
+done])
+
 
 MOZ_DEBUG_DISABLE_DEFS="-DNDEBUG -DTRIMMED"