--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -5728,6 +5728,10 @@ fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $enable_pythoninterp" >&5
 $as_echo "$enable_pythoninterp" >&6; }
 if test "$enable_pythoninterp" = "yes" -o "$enable_pythoninterp" = "dynamic"; then
+  if test "x$features" = "xtiny" -o "x$features" = "xsmall"; then
+    as_fn_error $? "cannot use Python with tiny or small features" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+
     for ac_prog in python2 python
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
@@ -6044,6 +6048,10 @@ fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $enable_python3interp" >&5
 $as_echo "$enable_python3interp" >&6; }
 if test "$enable_python3interp" = "yes" -o "$enable_python3interp" = "dynamic"; then
+  if test "x$features" = "xtiny" -o "x$features" = "xsmall"; then
+    as_fn_error $? "cannot use Python with tiny or small features" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+
     for ac_prog in python3 python
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
@@ -6929,6 +6937,10 @@ fi
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $enable_rubyinterp" >&5
 $as_echo "$enable_rubyinterp" >&6; }
 if test "$enable_rubyinterp" = "yes" -o "$enable_rubyinterp" = "dynamic"; then
+  if test "x$features" = "xtiny" -o "x$features" = "xsmall"; then
+    as_fn_error $? "cannot use Ruby with tiny or small features" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
+
   { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking --with-ruby-command argument" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking --with-ruby-command argument... " >&6; }