diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 62f4af5fa7..6702bc6e6c 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ my @disablables = (
     "err",
     "external-tests",
     "filenames",
+    "fips",
     "fuzz-libfuzzer",
     "fuzz-afl",
     "gost",
@@ -512,6 +513,8 @@ my @disable_cascades = (
     # or modules.
     "pic"               => [ "shared", "module" ],
 
+    "module"            => [ "fips" ],
+
     "engine"            => [ grep /eng$/, @disablables ],
     "hw"                => [ "padlockeng" ],
 
@@ -1221,8 +1224,8 @@ foreach my $what (sort keys %disabled) {
 
     $config{options} .= " no-$what";
 
-    if (!grep { $what eq $_ } ( 'buildtest-c++', 'threads', 'shared', 'module',
-                                'pic', 'dynamic-engine', 'makedepend',
+    if (!grep { $what eq $_ } ( 'buildtest-c++', 'fips', 'threads', 'shared',
+                                'module', 'pic', 'dynamic-engine', 'makedepend',
                                 'zlib-dynamic', 'zlib', 'sse2' )) {
         (my $WHAT = uc $what) =~ s|-|_|g;
         my $skipdir = $what;
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 5185033a79..c496e79e23 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@
                    Don't compile in filename and line number information (e.g.
                    for errors and memory allocation).
 
+  no-fips
+                   Don't compile the FIPS module
+
   enable-fuzz-libfuzzer, enable-fuzz-afl
                    Build with support for fuzzing using either libfuzzer or AFL.
                    These are developer options only. They may not work on all