diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 13f3e0c94..0807f1b3b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2013-11-14  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Move nm checks to the end.
+	Call grub_PROG_NM_WORKS.
+	* acinclude.m4: New check grub_PROG_NM_WORKS.
+	Use $TARGET_CFLAGS -c when compiling test binary.
+
 2013-11-14  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	* util/getroot.c (grub_util_biosdisk_get_grub_dev) [__GNU__]: Remove
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index ecbde9594..218976f60 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -134,6 +134,29 @@ if test "x$grub_cv_prog_ld_build_id_none" = xyes; then
 fi
 ])
 
+dnl Check nm
+AC_DEFUN([grub_PROG_NM_WORKS],
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether nm works])
+AC_CACHE_VAL(grub_cv_prog_nm_works,
+[
+nm_works_tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d "./confXXXXXX")"
+AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])])
+$TARGET_CC $TARGET_CFLAGS -c conftest.c -o "$nm_works_tmp_dir/ef"
+if $TARGET_NM -P "$nm_works_tmp_dir/ef" > /dev/null; then
+   grub_cv_prog_nm_works=yes
+else
+   grub_cv_prog_nm_minus_p=no
+fi
+rm "$nm_works_tmp_dir/ef"
+rmdir "$nm_works_tmp_dir"
+])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$grub_cv_prog_nm_works])
+
+if test "x$grub_cv_prog_nm_works" != xyes; then
+  AC_MSG_ERROR([nm does not work])
+fi
+])
+
 dnl Supply -P to nm
 AC_DEFUN([grub_PROG_NM_MINUS_P],
 [AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether nm accepts -P])
@@ -141,13 +164,14 @@ AC_CACHE_VAL(grub_cv_prog_nm_minus_p,
 [
 nm_minus_p_tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d "./confXXXXXX")"
 AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])])
-$TARGET_CC conftest.c -o "$nm_minus_p_tmp_dir/ef"
+$TARGET_CC $TARGET_CFLAGS -c conftest.c -o "$nm_minus_p_tmp_dir/ef"
 if $TARGET_NM -P "$nm_minus_p_tmp_dir/ef" 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
    grub_cv_prog_nm_minus_p=yes
 else
    grub_cv_prog_nm_minus_p=no
 fi
 rm "$nm_minus_p_tmp_dir/ef"
+rmdir "$nm_minus_p_tmp_dir"
 ])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$grub_cv_prog_nm_minus_p])
 
@@ -165,13 +189,14 @@ AC_CACHE_VAL(grub_cv_prog_nm_defined_only,
 [
 nm_defined_only_tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d "./confXXXXXX")"
 AC_LANG_CONFTEST([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])])
-$TARGET_CC conftest.c -o "$nm_defined_only_tmp_dir/ef"
+$TARGET_CC $TARGET_CFLAGS -c conftest.c -o "$nm_defined_only_tmp_dir/ef"
 if $TARGET_NM --defined-only "$nm_defined_only_tmp_dir/ef" 2>&1 > /dev/null; then
    grub_cv_prog_nm_defined_only=yes
 else
    grub_cv_prog_nm_defined_only=no
 fi
 rm "$nm_defined_only_tmp_dir/ef"
+rmdir "$nm_defined_only_tmp_dir"
 ])
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$grub_cv_prog_nm_defined_only])
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8eda6b4ff..bc77110ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -463,11 +463,6 @@ CPPFLAGS="$TARGET_CPPFLAGS"
 LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS"
 LIBS=""
 
-grub_PROG_NM_MINUS_P
-grub_PROG_NM_DEFINED_ONLY
-AC_SUBST(TARGET_NMFLAGS_MINUS_P)
-AC_SUBST(TARGET_NMFLAGS_DEFINED_ONLY)
-
 # debug flags.
 WARN_FLAGS="-Wall -W -Wshadow -Wold-style-definition -Wpointer-arith -Wundef -Wextra -Wattributes -Wchar-subscripts -Wcomment -Wdeprecated-declarations -Wdisabled-optimization -Wdiv-by-zero -Wendif-labels -Wfloat-equal -Wformat-extra-args -Wformat-security -Wformat-y2k -Wimplicit -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wimplicit-int -Winit-self -Wint-to-pointer-cast -Winvalid-pch -Wmain -Wmissing-braces -Wmissing-field-initializers -Wmissing-format-attribute -Wmultichar -Wnonnull -Woverflow -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wpointer-to-int-cast -Wreturn-type -Wsequence-point -Wshadow -Wsign-compare -Wstrict-aliasing -Wswitch -Wtrigraphs -Wundef -Wunknown-pragmas -Wunused -Wunused-function -Wunused-label -Wunused-parameter -Wunused-value  -Wunused-variable -Wvariadic-macros -Wvolatile-register-var -Wwrite-strings -Wnested-externs -Wstrict-prototypes -Wpointer-sign"
 HOST_CFLAGS="$HOST_CFLAGS $WARN_FLAGS -Wcast-align"
@@ -859,6 +854,12 @@ if test "x$target_cpu" = xi386; then
   grub_I386_ASM_ADDR32
 fi
 
+grub_PROG_NM_WORKS
+grub_PROG_NM_MINUS_P
+grub_PROG_NM_DEFINED_ONLY
+AC_SUBST(TARGET_NMFLAGS_MINUS_P)
+AC_SUBST(TARGET_NMFLAGS_DEFINED_ONLY)
+
 if test "$platform" != emu; then
 AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether -nostdinc -isystem works], [grub_cv_cc_isystem], [
   SAVED_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"