diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index c8aa6a8cb62..f241564448c 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=cc57d00f6f8fd1c5123b6f7dee07d8c6c717859d
-md5=62d1ead9dd1ddfa11a1c4164f197bddb
-cksum=580469152
+sha1=76789b1961447494e1413ee2fd1faea93c78fdcc
+md5=1835938ed1e66b7225343ca0b551036d
+cksum=3073282865
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index ccdae0f00f4..0b63c320509 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0f25b00a8e24881db418b69dcfe499d6437aa5b7
+4c99a3fb2975d998daa5593c603b9d58dc9a2902
diff --git a/src/sage/interfaces/all.py b/src/sage/interfaces/all.py
index 92e19e3d38b..bb1d65494e1 100644
--- a/src/sage/interfaces/all.py
+++ b/src/sage/interfaces/all.py
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@
 lazy_import('sage.interfaces.read_data', 'read_data')
 lazy_import('sage.interfaces.scilab', 'scilab')
 lazy_import('sage.interfaces.tachyon', 'tachyon_rt')
+
+# The following variable is used by sage-shell-mode in emacs:
+interfaces = ['gap', 'gap3', 'giac', 'gp', 'mathematica', 'gnuplot',
+              'kash', 'magma', 'macaulay2', 'maple', 'maxima',
+              'mathematica', 'mwrank', 'octave', 'r', 'singular',
+              'sage0', 'sage']