diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 7794d1625d0128a8b7850876e63d189fc634610e..f61c30b3daaf307d34a50561df1a28c2333122d9 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ canaries/canaries_callbacks.c -text
 canaries/debug_canary_callbacks.c -text
 /configure -text
 /configure.in -text
+/configure_for_canaries -text
 /configure_for_cgc -text
 /configure_for_cinderella -text
 /configure_for_rss -text
diff --git a/configure_for_canaries b/configure_for_canaries
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ff9354b96cce945b8c9e8cccc86b5c4d224b24c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure_for_canaries
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+./configure --enable-libc --enable-canaries $*