diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 526f97a3a..7884c1bb5 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -390,6 +390,24 @@ else
 [fi]
 ])
 
+dnl Check if the Linker supports `-no-pie'.
+AC_DEFUN([grub_CHECK_NO_PIE],
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether linker accepts -no-pie])
+AC_CACHE_VAL(grub_cv_cc_ld_no_pie,
+[save_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -no-pie"
+AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[]])],
+	       [grub_cv_cc_ld_no_pie=yes],
+	       [grub_cv_cc_ld_no_pie=no])
+LDFLAGS="$save_LDFLAGS"
+])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$grub_cv_cc_ld_no_pie])
+nopie_possible=no
+if test "x$grub_cv_cc_ld_no_pie" = xyes ; then
+  nopie_possible=yes
+fi
+])
+
 dnl Check if the C compiler supports `-fPIC'.
 AC_DEFUN([grub_CHECK_PIC],[
 [# Position independent executable.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3d2551035..dc56564d7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1185,13 +1185,18 @@ CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS"
 
 # Position independent executable.
 grub_CHECK_PIE
+grub_CHECK_NO_PIE
 [# Need that, because some distributions ship compilers that include
-# `-fPIE' or '-fpie' in the default specs.
+# `-fPIE' or '-fpie' and '-pie' in the default specs.
 if [ x"$pie_possible" = xyes ]; then
   TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -fno-PIE -fno-pie"
+fi
+if [ x"$nopie_possible" = xyes ] &&  [ x"$pie_possible" = xyes ]; then
+  TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -no-pie"
 fi]
 
 CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS"
+LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS"
 
 # Position independent executable.
 grub_CHECK_PIC