diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9324eb6ec7ab3437491f2f1f7aeaf142092a54ac..0e115315a3e1ece176bb86927c2c88dd1fc8fd76 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
  Changes between 0.9.6 and 0.9.7  [xx XXX 2000]
 
+  *) New configuration for the GNU Hurd.
+     [Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb@wolfram.com> via Richard Levitte]
+
   *) Initial code to implement OCSP basic response verify. This
      is currently incomplete. Currently just finds the signer's
      certificate and verifies the signature on the response.
diff --git a/Configure b/Configure
index 718c2e63dabe2304ed2d8342bbfcae3d28d82909..bd8f51e3ad7b3fbbbd3525815d36a759668575e5 100755
--- a/Configure
+++ b/Configure
@@ -426,6 +426,9 @@ my %table=(
 ##### Sony NEWS-OS 4.x
 "newsos4-gcc","gcc:-O -DB_ENDIAN -DNEWS4::(unknown):-lmld -liberty:BN_LLONG RC4_CHAR RC4_CHUNK DES_PTR DES_RISC1 DES_UNROLL BF_PTR::::",
 
+##### GNU Hurd
+"hurd-x86",  "gcc:-DL_ENDIAN -DTERMIOS -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer -m486 -Wall::-D_REENTRANT:-ldl:BN_LLONG ${x86_gcc_des} ${x86_gcc_opts}:${x86_elf_asm}:dlfcn:linux-shared:-fPIC",
+
 );
 
 my @WinTargets=qw(VC-NT VC-WIN32 VC-WIN16 VC-W31-16 VC-W31-32 VC-MSDOS BC-32
diff --git a/config b/config
index 429574b11e4606333b17a15d1b7b1de78a595ef7..cdf0d0ce98f45c71da3cdf9d34a805260cc650ba 100755
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ case "${SYSTEM}:${RELEASE}:${VERSION}:${MACHINE}" in
 	echo "${MACHINE}-whatever-linux1"; exit 0
 	;;
 
+    GNU*)
+	echo "hurd-x86"; exit 0;
+	;;
+
     LynxOS:*)
 	echo "${MACHINE}-lynx-lynxos"; exit 0
 	;;