diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d29d2dcd..f765ca72 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fi
 tryldflag () {
 printf "checking whether linker accepts %s... " "$2"
 echo "typedef int x;" > "$tmpc"
-if "$CC" -shared "$2" -o /dev/null "$tmpc" 2>/dev/null ; then
+if "$CC" -nostdlib -shared "$2" -o /dev/null "$tmpc" 2>/dev/null ; then
 printf "yes\n"
 eval "$1=\"\${$1} \$2\""
 eval "$1=\${$1# }"