diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index d1cae70f15b..1f3c1bba6ca 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=80ee52a3b6855149693204f0816bd0690947e7ae
-md5=4292c175bba9299bd057980cec7060fd
-cksum=3914108326
+sha1=d392fbfb62e75f5d2ea57c39bcf8d6281960790c
+md5=6bc99c5b5382bf6bb2f626a19a1bdb9f
+cksum=3742648740
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 3af414421cc..c6650e7e097 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-57852a89c5c274ec6dbdd9269042972c7343e3ec
+4ac944772d896e33b8666a71509a00877969a79f
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 26515d45839..a8f700a09ec 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ AS_IF([test "$SAGE_ENABLE_notebook" = no -a "$SAGE_ENABLE_sagelib" = no], [
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([r],
   AS_HELP_STRING([--disable-r],
                  [disable build of the R package and related packages]), [
-    for pkg in r rpy2 r_jupyter; do
+    for pkg in r rpy2 r_jupyter tzlocal; do
       AS_VAR_SET([SAGE_ENABLE_$pkg], [$enableval])
     done
   ])