diff --git a/build/pkgs/beautifulsoup4/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/beautifulsoup4/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9298f00ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/beautifulsoup4/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([beautifulsoup4], [SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([beautifulsoup4])])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/jupyter_jsmol/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/jupyter_jsmol/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..202fe5fff31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/jupyter_jsmol/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([jupyter_jsmol], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([jupyter_jsmol])
+])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/jupyter_packaging/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/jupyter_packaging/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d3ee6280dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/jupyter_packaging/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([jupyter_packaging], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([jupyter_packaging])
+])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/jupyter_sphinx/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/jupyter_sphinx/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9650c888f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/jupyter_sphinx/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([jupyter_sphinx], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([jupyter_sphinx])
+])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/jupyterlab_widgets/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/jupyterlab_widgets/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dfea30713eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/jupyterlab_widgets/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([jupyterlab_widgets], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([jupyterlab_widgets])
+])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sphinx/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/sphinx/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6376e00a02d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sphinx/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([sphinx], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([sphinx])
+])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sphinx_basic_ng/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/sphinx_basic_ng/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9400cc485e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sphinx_basic_ng/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([sphinx_basic_ng], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([sphinx_basic_ng])
+])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sphinx_copybutton/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/sphinx_copybutton/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8a0d5c983af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sphinx_copybutton/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([sphinx_copybutton], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([sphinx_copybutton])
+])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sphinxcontrib_websupport/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/sphinxcontrib_websupport/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2a27c8f5802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sphinxcontrib_websupport/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([sphinxcontrib_websupport], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([sphinxcontrib_websupport])
+])
diff --git a/build/pkgs/tinycss2/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/tinycss2/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a27e98eaa2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/tinycss2/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([tinycss2], [
+  SAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGE_CHECK([tinycss2])
+])