diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4d290512b7..8343c2af70 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -581,8 +581,15 @@ enable(){
     set_all yes $*
 }
 
+check_requested() {
+    for var; do
+        eval test "x\$${var#!}_requested" = "xyes" &&  die "${var#*_} ${var/_*} cannot be enabled"
+    done
+}
+
 disable(){
     set_all no $*
+    check_requested $*
 }
 
 enable_weak(){
@@ -608,7 +615,7 @@ disable_safe(){
 do_enable_deep(){
     for var; do
         enabled $var && continue
-        eval sel="\$${var}_select"
+        eval sel="\$${var}_select\ \$${var}_select_any"
         eval sgs="\$${var}_suggest"
         pushvar var sgs
         enable_deep $sel
@@ -633,6 +640,13 @@ enable_deep_weak(){
     done
 }
 
+request(){
+    for var; do
+        enable ${var}_requested
+    done
+    enable_deep $*
+}
+
 enabled(){
     test "${1#!}" = "$1" && op='=' || op=!=
     eval test "x\$${1#!}" $op "xyes"
@@ -692,7 +706,7 @@ do_check_deps(){
         append allopts $cfg
 
         eval dep_all="\$${cfg}_deps"
-        eval dep_any="\$${cfg}_deps_any"
+        eval dep_any="\$${cfg}_deps_any\ \$${cfg}_select_any"
         eval dep_sel="\$${cfg}_select"
         eval dep_sgs="\$${cfg}_suggest"
         eval dep_ifa="\$${cfg}_if"
@@ -2832,7 +2846,7 @@ tls_schannel_protocol_deps="schannel"
 tls_schannel_protocol_select="tcp_protocol"
 tls_securetransport_protocol_deps="securetransport"
 tls_securetransport_protocol_select="tcp_protocol"
-tls_protocol_deps_any="tls_schannel_protocol tls_securetransport_protocol tls_gnutls_protocol tls_openssl_protocol"
+tls_protocol_select_any="tls_schannel_protocol tls_securetransport_protocol tls_gnutls_protocol tls_openssl_protocol"
 udp_protocol_select="network"
 udplite_protocol_select="network"
 unix_protocol_deps="sys_un_h"
@@ -3142,12 +3156,6 @@ ALL_COMPONENTS="
     $PROTOCOL_LIST
 "
 
-for n in $COMPONENT_LIST; do
-    v=$(toupper ${n%s})_LIST
-    eval enable \$$v
-    eval ${n}_if_any="\$$v"
-done
-
 enable $ARCH_EXT_LIST
 
 die_unknown(){
@@ -3214,10 +3222,10 @@ for opt do
             disable $PROGRAM_LIST
         ;;
         --disable-everything)
-            map 'eval unset \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $COMPONENT_LIST
+            map 'eval disable \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $COMPONENT_LIST
         ;;
         --disable-all)
-            map 'eval unset \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $COMPONENT_LIST
+            map 'eval disable \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $COMPONENT_LIST
             disable $LIBRARY_LIST $PROGRAM_LIST doc
             enable avutil
         ;;
@@ -3234,6 +3242,7 @@ for opt do
             is_in "${thing}s" $COMPONENT_LIST || die_unknown "$opt"
             eval list=\$$(toupper $thing)_LIST
             name=$(echo "${optval}" | sed "s/,/_${thing}|/g")_${thing}
+            test $action = enable && action="request"
             list=$(filter "$name" $list)
             [ "$list" = "" ] && warn "Option $opt did not match anything"
             $action $list
@@ -3241,7 +3250,6 @@ for opt do
         --enable-?*|--disable-?*)
             eval $(echo "$opt" | sed 's/--/action=/;s/-/ option=/;s/-/_/g')
             if is_in $option $COMPONENT_LIST; then
-                test $action = disable && action=unset
                 eval $action \$$(toupper ${option%s})_LIST
             elif is_in $option $CMDLINE_SELECT; then
                 $action $option
@@ -3284,7 +3292,7 @@ disabled logging && logfile=/dev/null
 # is disabled, see AVCODEC_LIST and following _LIST variables.
 
 disable_components(){
-    disabled ${1} && disable $(
+    disabled ${1} && disable_weak $(
         eval components="\$$(toupper ${1})_COMPONENTS"
         map 'eval echo \${$(toupper ${v%s})_LIST}' $components
     )
@@ -3292,6 +3300,25 @@ disable_components(){
 
 map 'disable_components $v' $LIBRARY_LIST
 
+echo "# $0 $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION" > $logfile
+
+# Mark components that had not been enabled/disabled explicitly
+# as enabled
+
+for n in $COMPONENT_LIST; do
+    v=$(toupper ${n%s})_LIST
+    eval enable_weak \$$v
+    eval ${n}_if_any="\$$v"
+done
+
+# Make so that disabled libraries are enabled if a component
+# of them is requested
+
+for n in $LIBRARY_LIST; do
+    v=$(toupper ${n})_COMPONENTS
+    eval ${n}_if_any="\$$v"
+done
+
 echo "# $0 $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION" > $logfile
 set >> $logfile