diff --git a/sysdeps/cris/configure b/sysdeps/cris/configure
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..205bbac85d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/cris/configure
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This file is generated from configure.in by Autoconf.  DO NOT EDIT!
+
+libc_cv_asm_line_sep='@'
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define ASM_LINE_SEP $libc_cv_asm_line_sep
+_ACEOF
+
diff --git a/sysdeps/cris/configure.in b/sysdeps/cris/configure.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94bc13750b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/cris/configure.in
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+GLIBC_PROVIDES dnl See aclocal.m4 in the top level source directory.
+
+dnl CRIS uses `;' to start comments and `@' for line separator.
+libc_cv_asm_line_sep='@'
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(ASM_LINE_SEP, $libc_cv_asm_line_sep)