diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 852b931115..381d24a988 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3461,6 +3461,7 @@ fi
 if [ "$cpu" != generic ]; then
     add_cflags  $cpuflags
     add_asflags $cpuflags
+    test "$cc_type" = "$ld_type" && add_ldflags $cpuflags
 fi
 
 # compiler sanity check