diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b572d598d4..01f17977e5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4199,6 +4199,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$cpu" != generic ]; then
     add_cflags  $cpuflags
     add_asflags $cpuflags
+    test "$cc_type" = "$ld_type" && add_ldflags $cpuflags
 fi
 
 # compiler sanity check