diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c38ab939ce..cbd5dac104 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1824,6 +1824,7 @@ elif enabled optimizations; then
     fi
 fi
 check_cflags -fno-math-errno
+check_cflags -fno-signed-zeros
 
 # PIC flags for shared library objects where they are needed
 if enabled shared; then