--- a/build/autoconf/ffi.m4
+++ b/build/autoconf/ffi.m4
@@ -1,32 +1,12 @@
 dnl This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 dnl License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 dnl file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
 
-AC_DEFUN([MOZ_CONFIG_FFI], [
-
-MOZ_ARG_ENABLE_BOOL(system-ffi,
-[  --enable-system-ffi       Use system libffi (located with pkgconfig)],
-    MOZ_SYSTEM_FFI=1 )
-
-if test -n "$MOZ_SYSTEM_FFI"; then
-    # Vanilla libffi 3.0.9 needs a few patches from upcoming version 3.0.10
-    # for non-GCC compilers.
-    if test -z "$GNU_CC"; then
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MOZ_FFI, libffi > 3.0.9)
-    else
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(MOZ_FFI, libffi >= 3.0.9)
-    fi
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST(MOZ_SYSTEM_FFI)
-
-])
-
 AC_DEFUN([MOZ_SUBCONFIGURE_FFI], [
 if test "$MOZ_BUILD_APP" != js -o -n "$JS_STANDALONE"; then
 
   if test "$BUILD_CTYPES" -a -z "$MOZ_SYSTEM_FFI"; then
     # Run the libffi 'configure' script.
     ac_configure_args="--disable-shared --enable-static --disable-raw-api"
     if test "$MOZ_DEBUG"; then
       ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args --enable-debug"

new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/moz.configure/ffi.configure
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# -*- Mode: python; indent-tabs-mode: nil; tab-width: 40 -*-
+# vim: set filetype=python:
+# This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+# License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+# file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+
+js_option('--with-system-ffi',
+          help='Use system libffi (located with pkgconfig)')
+
+use_system_ffi = depends_if('--with-system-ffi')(lambda _: True)
+
+system_ffi = pkg_check_modules('MOZ_FFI', 'libffi > 3.0.9',
+                               when=use_system_ffi)
+
+set_config('MOZ_SYSTEM_FFI', system_ffi)
+add_old_configure_assignment('MOZ_SYSTEM_FFI', system_ffi)

--- a/build/moz.configure/old.configure
+++ b/build/moz.configure/old.configure
@@ -227,17 +227,16 @@ def old_configure_options(*options):
     '--enable-small-chunk-size',
     '--enable-startup-notification',
     '--enable-startupcache',
     '--enable-stdcxx-compat',
     '--enable-strip',
     '--enable-synth-pico',
     '--enable-system-cairo',
     '--enable-system-extension-dirs',
-    '--enable-system-ffi',
     '--enable-system-pixman',
     '--enable-system-sqlite',
     '--enable-tasktracer',
     '--enable-thread-sanitizer',
     '--enable-trace-logging',
     '--enable-tree-freetype',
     '--enable-ui-locale',
     '--enable-universalchardet',

--- a/js/src/old-configure.in
+++ b/js/src/old-configure.in
@@ -1534,21 +1534,16 @@ fi
 MOZ_ZLIB_CHECK([1.2.3])
 
 if test -n "$ZLIB_IN_MOZGLUE"; then
     AC_DEFINE(ZLIB_IN_MOZGLUE)
 fi
 AC_SUBST(ZLIB_IN_MOZGLUE)
 
 dnl ========================================================
-dnl system libffi Support
-dnl ========================================================
-MOZ_CONFIG_FFI()
-
-dnl ========================================================
 dnl =
 dnl = Application
 dnl =
 dnl ========================================================
 
 MOZ_ARG_HEADER(Application)
 
 dnl ========================================================

--- a/moz.configure
+++ b/moz.configure
@@ -120,16 +120,22 @@ add_old_configure_assignment('BUILD_CTYP
 def js_has_ctypes(ctypes, js):
     if ctypes and js:
         return True
 
 set_config('JS_HAS_CTYPES', js_has_ctypes)
 set_define('JS_HAS_CTYPES', js_has_ctypes)
 add_old_configure_assignment('JS_HAS_CTYPES', js_has_ctypes)
 
+@depends('--enable-ctypes', '--enable-compile-environment', '--help')
+def ctypes_and_compile_environment(ctypes, compile_environment, _):
+    return ctypes and compile_environment
+
+include_when('build/moz.configure/ffi.configure',
+             when=ctypes_and_compile_environment)
 
 @dependable
 @imports(_from='mozbuild.backend', _import='backends')
 def build_backends_choices():
     return tuple(backends)
 
 
 @deprecated_option('--enable-build-backend', nargs='+',

--- a/old-configure.in
+++ b/old-configure.in
@@ -2306,21 +2306,16 @@ if test "$MOZ_SYSTEM_PNG" != 1 -a "$CPU_
     esac
 fi
 
 fi # SKIP_LIBRARY_CHECKS
 
 AC_SUBST(MOZ_PNG_ARM_NEON)
 
 dnl ========================================================
-dnl system libffi Support
-dnl ========================================================
-MOZ_CONFIG_FFI()
-
-dnl ========================================================
 dnl =
 dnl = Application
 dnl =
 dnl ========================================================
 
 MOZ_ARG_HEADER(Application)
 
 ENABLE_SYSTEM_EXTENSION_DIRS=1