diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d75637c44b..a8fd10a102 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ AC_SUBST(DOMJUDGE_VERSION, $PACKAGE_VERSION)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DOMJUDGE_VERSION, "$PACKAGE_VERSION",
 [DOMjudge version number (alias for PACKAGE_VERSION)])
 
-AC_SUBST(DOMSERVER_BUILD_ENABLED,yes)
+AC_SUBST(DOMSERVER_BUILD_ENABLED,no)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([domserver-build],AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-domserver-build],
 [configure and build the domserver (default: yes).]),
 [if test "x$enableval" = xno ; then AC_SUBST(DOMSERVER_BUILD_ENABLED,no) fi])
 
-AC_SUBST(JUDGEHOST_BUILD_ENABLED,yes)
+AC_SUBST(JUDGEHOST_BUILD_ENABLED,no)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([judgehost-build],AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-judgehost-build],
 [configure and build the judgehost (default: yes).]),
 [if test "x$enableval" = xno ; then AC_SUBST(JUDGEHOST_BUILD_ENABLED,no) fi])
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ if test "x$BASEURL_UNCONFIGURED" = x1 ; then
    echo "Rerun configure with option '--with-baseurl=BASEURL' to correct this."
    echo ""
 fi
+if test "x$JUDGEHOST_BUILD_ENABLED" = xno && test "x$DOMSERVER_BUILD_ENABLED" = xno ; then
+   echo "Warning: neither --enable-domserver-build nor --enable-judgehost-build provided."
+   echo "You probably want to rerun with either one (or both). This behaviour has changed"
+   echo "in DOMjudge 9.0."
+   echo ""
+fi
 fi # !QUIET
 # }}}
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/install-domserver.rst b/doc/manual/install-domserver.rst
index f6a4eb2e18..e19ad66567 100644
--- a/doc/manual/install-domserver.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/install-domserver.rst
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ After installing the required software as described above, run configure.
 In this example to install DOMjudge in the directory ``domjudge`` under
 `/opt`::
 
-  ./configure --prefix=/opt/domjudge
+  ./configure --enable-domserver-build --prefix=/opt/domjudge
   make domserver
   sudo make install-domserver
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/install-judgehost.rst b/doc/manual/install-judgehost.rst
index 0b1f63301e..6baf0eda51 100644
--- a/doc/manual/install-judgehost.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/install-judgehost.rst
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ for instructions to build from git sources.
 After installing the software listed above, run configure. In this
 example to install DOMjudge in the directory ``domjudge`` under `/opt`::
 
-  ./configure --prefix=/opt/domjudge
+  ./configure --enable-judgehost-build --prefix=/opt/domjudge
   make judgehost
   sudo make install-judgehost
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/quick-install.rst b/doc/manual/quick-install.rst
index dfc59ffb32..1b7c09cd99 100644
--- a/doc/manual/quick-install.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/quick-install.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ DOMserver
  * Make sure PHP works for the web server and command line scripts.
 
  * Extract the `source tarball <https://www.domjudge.org/download>`_ and run
-   ``./configure --with-baseurl=<url> && make domserver``.
+   ``./configure --enable-domserver-build --with-baseurl=<url> && make domserver``.
  * Run ``sudo make install-domserver`` to install the system.
 
  * Install the MySQL database using e.g.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ DOMserver
 Judgehosts
 ----------
  * Extract the `source tarball <https://www.domjudge.org/download>`_ and run
-   ``./configure --with-baseurl=<url> && make judgehost``.
+   ``./configure --enable-judgehost-build --with-baseurl=<url> && make judgehost``.
  * Run ``sudo make install-judgehost`` to install the system.
 
  * Create one or more unprivileged users: