Index: library/mongodb/configure
===================================================================
diff -u -r1c9684a6be93da0beb9e73d6ff02ed2b6f014c19 -r6e882219b3dd7703aeb3bb747abc47417a682ec9
--- library/mongodb/configure	(.../configure)	(revision 1c9684a6be93da0beb9e73d6ff02ed2b6f014c19)
+++ library/mongodb/configure	(.../configure)	(revision 6e882219b3dd7703aeb3bb747abc47417a682ec9)
@@ -736,6 +736,7 @@
 with_nsf
 enable_development
 enable_profile
+enable_assertions
 with_tcl
 with_tclinclude
 enable_threads
@@ -1368,6 +1369,7 @@
   --enable-development    build nsf with development support (intensive
                           runtime checking, etc.; default: disabled)
   --enable-profile        build nsf with profile support (default: disabled)
+  --enable-assertions     build nsf with assertion support (default: enabled)
   --enable-threads        build with threads
   --enable-shared         build and link with shared libraries (default: on)
   --enable-64bit          enable 64bit support (default: off)
@@ -2385,7 +2387,15 @@
   enable_profile=no
 fi
 
+# Check whether --enable-assertions was given.
+if test "${enable_assertions+set}" = set; then :
+  enableval=$enable_assertions; enable_assertions=$enableval
+else
+  enable_assertions=yes
+fi
 
+
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Load the tclConfig.sh file
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
Index: library/mongodb/configure.ac
===================================================================
diff -u -r1c9684a6be93da0beb9e73d6ff02ed2b6f014c19 -r6e882219b3dd7703aeb3bb747abc47417a682ec9
--- library/mongodb/configure.ac	(.../configure.ac)	(revision 1c9684a6be93da0beb9e73d6ff02ed2b6f014c19)
+++ library/mongodb/configure.ac	(.../configure.ac)	(revision 6e882219b3dd7703aeb3bb747abc47417a682ec9)
@@ -59,7 +59,11 @@
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([profile],
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-profile], [build nsf with profile support (default: disabled)]),
         [enable_profile=$enableval], [enable_profile=no])
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([assertions],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-assertions],[build nsf with assertion support (default: enabled)]),
+	[enable_assertions=$enableval], [enable_assertions=yes])
 
+
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Load the tclConfig.sh file
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------