diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3f07bba0..df6f0191 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 PGPORT=5432
+SQLAPI_PORT=8080
 MAPNIK_VERSION=
 
 usage() {
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ usage() {
   echo "Configuration:"
   echo "  --help                        display this help and exit"
   echo "  --with-pgport=NUM             access PostgreSQL server on TCP port NUM [$PGPORT]"
+  echo "  --with-sqlapi-port=NUM        access SQL-API server on TCP port NUM [$SQLAPI_PORT]"
   echo "  --with-mapnik-version=STRING  set mapnik version string [$MAPNIK_VERSION]"
 }
 
@@ -38,6 +40,9 @@ while test -n "$1"; do
     --with-pgport=*)
       PGPORT=`echo "$1" | cut -d= -f2`
       ;;
+    --with-sqlapi-port=*)
+      SQLAPI_PORT=`echo "$1" | cut -d= -f2`
+      ;;
     --with-mapnik-version=*)
       MAPNIK_VERSION=`echo "$1" | cut -d= -f2`
       ;;
@@ -60,6 +65,7 @@ for f in config/environments/*.example; do
   # See http://austinmatzko.com/2008/04/26/sed-multi-line-search-and-replace/
   sed -n "1h;1!H;\${;g;s/\(,postgres: {[^}]*port: *'\?\)[^',]*\('\?,\)/\1$PGPORT\2/;p;}" < "$f" \
   | sed "s/mapnik_version:.*/mapnik_version: '$MAPNIK_VERSION'/" \
+  | sed -n "1h;1!H;\${;g;s/\(,sqlapi: {[^}]*port: *'\?\)[^',]*\('\?,\)/\1$SQLAPI_PORT\2/;p;}" \
   > "$o"
 
 done