diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3705f5702..4281e5b20 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-11-14  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* configure.ac: Probe for linking format rather than guessing it based
+	on target_os.
+
 2013-11-14  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* grub-core/disk/xen/xendisk.c (grub_xendisk_fini): Set state to
diff --git a/Makefile.util.def b/Makefile.util.def
index 59e3e73b7..f2a305fd3 100644
--- a/Makefile.util.def
+++ b/Makefile.util.def
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ program = {
   name = grub-macho2img;
   mansection = 1;
   common = util/grub-macho2img.c;
-  condition = COND_APPLE_CC;
+  condition = COND_APPLE_LINKER;
 };
 
 program = {
diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 1c1433786..78212133d 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -247,22 +247,6 @@ rm -f conftest*])
 
 AC_MSG_RESULT([$grub_cv_i386_asm_addr32])])
 
-dnl check if our target compiler is apple cc
-dnl because it requires numerous workarounds
-AC_DEFUN([grub_apple_target_cc],
-[AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether our target compiler is apple cc])
-AC_CACHE_VAL(grub_cv_apple_target_cc,
-[if $CC -v 2>&1 | grep "Apple Inc." > /dev/null; then
-  grub_cv_apple_target_cc=yes
-else
-  grub_cv_apple_target_cc=no
-fi
-])
-
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$grub_cv_apple_target_cc])])
-
-
 dnl Later versions of GAS requires that addr32 and data32 prefixes
 dnl appear in the same lines as the instructions they modify, while
 dnl earlier versions requires that they appear in separate lines.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bc77110ff..19b22344f 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -597,52 +597,14 @@ if test "x$grub_cv_cc_fno_asynchronous_unwind_tables" = xyes; then
   TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables"
 fi
 
-grub_apple_target_cc
-if test x$grub_cv_apple_target_cc = xyes ; then
-  TARGET_APPLE_CC=1
-  AC_CHECK_PROG([TARGET_OBJCONV], [objconv], [objconv], [])
-  if test "x$TARGET_OBJCONV" = x ; then
-     AC_CHECK_PROG([TARGET_OBJCONV], [objconv], [./objconv], [], [.])
-  fi
-  if test "x$TARGET_OBJCONV" = x ; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([objconv not found which is required when building with apple compiler])
-  fi
-  TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT=
-  TARGET_IMG_CFLAGS="-static"
-  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS='-nostdlib -static -Wl,-preload -Wl,-segalign,20'
-  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC='-nostdlib -static -Wl,-preload -Wl,-segalign,20'
-  TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-image_base"
-  TARGET_LDFLAGS_OLDMAGIC=""
-else
-  TARGET_APPLE_CC=0
-  TARGET_LDFLAGS_OLDMAGIC="-Wl,-N"
-# Use linker script if present, otherwise use builtin -N script.
-if test -f "${srcdir}/${grub_coredir}/conf/${target_cpu}-${platform}-${target_os}-img-ld.sc"; then
-  TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT='$(top_srcdir)'"/${grub_coredir}/conf/${target_cpu}-${platform}-${target_os}-img-ld.sc"
-  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-T${TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT}"
-  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC="-Wl,-T${srcdir}/${grub_coredir}/conf/${target_cpu}-${platform}-${target_os}-img-ld.sc"
-  TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-Ttext"
-else
-  TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT=
-  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS='-Wl,-N'
-  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC='-Wl,-N'
-  TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-Ttext"
-fi
-TARGET_IMG_CFLAGS=
-fi
-
-AC_SUBST(TARGET_LDFLAGS_OLDMAGIC)
-
 # For platforms where ELF is not the default link format.
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([for command to convert module to ELF format])
 case "${target_os}" in
-  cygwin) TARGET_OBJ2ELF='./build-grub-pe2elf';
+  cygwin)
 # FIXME: put proper test here
   NEED_REGISTER_FRAME_INFO=1
   ;;
   *) NEED_REGISTER_FRAME_INFO=0 ;;
 esac
-AC_MSG_RESULT([$TARGET_OBJ2ELF])
 
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([efiemu],
@@ -681,42 +643,75 @@ enable_efiemu=no
 fi
 AC_SUBST([enable_efiemu])
 
-case "$target_os" in
-  cygwin)
-    ;;
-  freebsd | kfreebsd*-gnu)
-    if test x"$target_cpu" = xi386; then
-      TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,-melf_i386_fbsd"
-    fi
-    if test x"$target_cpu" = xx86_64; then
-      TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,-melf_x86_64_fbsd"
-    fi
-    ;;
-  openbsd*)
-    if test x"$target_cpu" = xi386; then
-      TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,-melf_i386_obsd"
-    fi
-    if test x"$target_cpu" = xx86_64; then
-      TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,-melf_x86_64_obsd"
-    fi
-    ;;
-  haiku*)
-    if test x"$target_cpu" = xi386; then
-      TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,-melf_i386_haiku"
-    fi
-    if test x"$target_cpu" = xx86_64; then
-      TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,-melf_x86_64_haiku"
-    fi
-    ;;
-  *)
-    if test x"$target_cpu" = xi386; then
-      TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,-melf_i386"
-    fi
-    if test x"$target_cpu" = xx86_64; then
-      TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,-melf_x86_64"
-    fi
-    ;;
-esac
+CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS"
+
+if test x"$target_cpu" = xi386 || test x"$target_cpu" = xx86_64; then
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for linking format], [grub_cv_target_cc_link_format], [
+    grub_cv_target_cc_link_format=unknown
+    for format in -melf_${target_cpu} -melf_${target_cpu}_fbsd -melf_${target_cpu}_obsd -melf_${target_cpu}_haiku -m${target_cpu}pe -arch,${target_cpu}; do
+      if test x${target_cpu} != xi386 && test x$format = x${target_cpu}pe; then
+        continue
+      fi
+      CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -static"
+      LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,$format -nostdlib"
+      AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+      asm (".globl start; start:");
+      asm (".globl _start; _start:");
+      asm (".globl __start; __start:");
+      void __main (void);
+      void __main (void) {}
+      ]], [[]])], [flag=1], [])
+      if test x"$flag" = x1; then
+        grub_cv_target_cc_link_format="$format"
+	break;
+      fi
+    done])
+  if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_link_format" = xunknown; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([no suitable link format found])
+  fi
+  TARGET_LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS -Wl,$grub_cv_target_cc_link_format"
+  if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_link_format" = x-mi386pe; then
+    TARGET_OBJ2ELF='./build-grub-pe2elf';
+  fi
+fi
+
+if test x$grub_cv_target_cc_link_format = x-arch,i386 || test x$grub_cv_target_cc_link_format = x-arch,x86_64; then
+   TARGET_APPLE_LINKER=1
+   AC_CHECK_PROG([TARGET_OBJCONV], [objconv], [objconv], [])
+   if test "x$TARGET_OBJCONV" = x ; then
+      AC_CHECK_PROG([TARGET_OBJCONV], [objconv], [./objconv], [], [.])
+   fi
+   if test "x$TARGET_OBJCONV" = x ; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([objconv not found which is required when building with apple compiler])
+   fi
+   TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT=
+   TARGET_IMG_CFLAGS="-static"
+   TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS='-nostdlib -static -Wl,-preload -Wl,-segalign,20'
+   TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC='-nostdlib -static -Wl,-preload -Wl,-segalign,20'
+   TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-image_base"
+   TARGET_LDFLAGS_OLDMAGIC=""
+elif test x$grub_cv_target_cc_link_format = x-mi386pe && test x$platform = xpc; then
+  TARGET_APPLE_LINKER=0
+  TARGET_LDFLAGS_OLDMAGIC="-Wl,-N"
+  TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT='$(top_srcdir)'"/${grub_coredir}/conf/i386-pc-cygwin-img-ld.sc"
+  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-T${TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT}"
+  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC="-Wl,-T${srcdir}/${grub_coredir}/conf/i386-pc-cygwin-img-ld.sc"
+  TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-Ttext"
+  TARGET_IMG_CFLAGS=
+else
+  TARGET_APPLE_LINKER=0
+  TARGET_LDFLAGS_OLDMAGIC="-Wl,-N"
+  TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT=
+  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS='-Wl,-N'
+  TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC='-Wl,-N'
+  TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-Ttext"
+  TARGET_IMG_CFLAGS=
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(TARGET_LDFLAGS_OLDMAGIC)
+
+
+LDFLAGS="$TARGET_LDFLAGS"
 
 if test "$target_cpu" = x86_64; then
   # Use large model to support 4G memory
@@ -803,7 +798,7 @@ fi
 
 # Set them to their new values for the tests below.
 CC="$TARGET_CC"
-if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_CC" = x1 ; then
+if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER" = x1 ; then
 CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -nostdlib -Wno-error"
 else
 CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -nostdlib -Wl,--defsym,___main=0x8100 -Wno-error"
@@ -818,16 +813,18 @@ fi
 LIBS="$TARGET_LIBGCC"
 
 grub_ASM_USCORE
+if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER" = x0 ; then
 if test x$grub_cv_asm_uscore = xyes; then
 CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -Wl,--defsym,_abort=_main"
 else
 CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -Wl,--defsym,abort=main"
 fi
+fi
 
 # Check for libgcc symbols
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(__bswapsi2 __bswapdi2 __ashldi3 __ashrdi3 __lshrdi3 __ucmpdi2 _restgpr_14_x __ctzdi2 __ctzsi2)
 
-if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_CC" = x1 ; then
+if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER" = x1 ; then
 CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -nostdlib"
 else
 CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -nostdlib -Wl,--defsym,___main=0x8100"
@@ -836,12 +833,12 @@ LIBS=""
 
 # Defined in aclocal.m4.
 grub_PROG_TARGET_CC
-if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_CC" != x1 ; then
+if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER" != x1 ; then
 grub_PROG_OBJCOPY_ABSOLUTE
 fi
 grub_PROG_LD_BUILD_ID_NONE
 if test "x$target_cpu" = xi386; then
-  if test "$platform" != emu && test "x$TARGET_APPLE_CC" != x1 ; then
+  if test "$platform" != emu && test "x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER" != x1 ; then
     if test ! -z "$TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT"; then
       # Check symbols provided by linker script.
       CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -nostdlib ${TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC} ${TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT},0x8000 -Wl,--defsym,___main=0x8100"
@@ -1349,8 +1346,6 @@ LIBS=""
 AC_SUBST([FONT_SOURCE])
 AS_IF([test x$target_cpu = xi386 -a x$platform = xqemu],
 	    [AC_SUBST([GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_LINK_ADDR], 0xffe00)])
-AS_IF([test x$TARGET_APPLE_CC = x1],
-	    [AC_SUBST([USE_APPLE_CC_FIXES], yes)])
 
 AC_SUBST(HAVE_ASM_USCORE)
 AC_SUBST(ADDR32)
@@ -1390,7 +1385,6 @@ AC_SUBST(TARGET_LDFLAGS_STATIC_LIBGCC)
 AC_SUBST(TARGET_CPP)
 AC_SUBST(TARGET_CCAS)
 AC_SUBST(TARGET_OBJ2ELF)
-AC_SUBST(TARGET_APPLE_CC)
 AC_SUBST(TARGET_MODULE_FORMAT)
 
 AC_SUBST(TARGET_CFLAGS)
@@ -1402,6 +1396,7 @@ AC_SUBST(TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT)
 AC_SUBST(TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(TARGET_IMG_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT)
+AC_SUBST(TARGET_APPLE_LINKER)
 
 AC_SUBST(HOST_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(HOST_LDFLAGS)
@@ -1453,7 +1448,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_GRUB_EMU_PCI], [test x$enable_grub_emu_pci = xyes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_GRUB_MKFONT], [test x$enable_grub_mkfont = xyes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_GRUB_MOUNT], [test x$enable_grub_mount = xyes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_HAVE_FONT_SOURCE], [test x$FONT_SOURCE != x])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_APPLE_CC], [test x$TARGET_APPLE_CC = x1])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_APPLE_LINKER], [test x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER = x1])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_ENABLE_EFIEMU], [test x$enable_efiemu = xyes])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_ENABLE_CACHE_STATS], [test x$DISK_CACHE_STATS = x1])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([COND_ENABLE_BOOT_TIME_STATS], [test x$BOOT_TIME_STATS = x1])
diff --git a/gentpl.py b/gentpl.py
index 825739dd3..3ec853ea0 100644
--- a/gentpl.py
+++ b/gentpl.py
@@ -425,13 +425,13 @@ def kernel(platform):
     r += gvar_add("CLEANFILES", "[+ name +].img")
     r += rule("[+ name +].img", "[+ name +].exec$(EXEEXT)",
               if_platform_tagged(platform, "nostrip",
-"""if test x$(USE_APPLE_CC_FIXES) = xyes; then \
+"""if test x$(TARGET_APPLE_LINKER) = x1; then \
      $(TARGET_OBJCONV) -f$(TARGET_MODULE_FORMAT) -nr:_grub_mod_init:grub_mod_init -nr:_grub_mod_fini:grub_mod_fini -ed2022 -wd1106 -nu -nd $< $@; \
    elif test ! -z '$(TARGET_OBJ2ELF)'; then \
      cp $< $@.bin; $(TARGET_OBJ2ELF) $@.bin && cp $@.bin $@ || (rm -f $@.bin; exit 1); \
    else cp $< $@; fi""",
-"""if test x$(USE_APPLE_CC_FIXES) = xyes; then \
-  $(TARGET_STRIP) $(""" + cname() + """) -o $@.bin $<; \
+"""if test x$(TARGET_APPLE_LINKER) = x1; then \
+  $(TARGET_STRIP) -S -x $(""" + cname() + """) -o $@.bin $<; \
   $(TARGET_OBJCONV) -f$(TARGET_MODULE_FORMAT) -nr:_grub_mod_init:grub_mod_init -nr:_grub_mod_fini:grub_mod_fini -ed2022 -wd1106 -nu -nd $@.bin $@; \
 else """  + "$(TARGET_STRIP) $(" + cname() + "_STRIPFLAGS) -o $@ $<; \
 fi"""))
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ def image(platform):
     r += gvar_add("platform_DATA", "[+ name +].img")
     r += gvar_add("CLEANFILES", "[+ name +].img")
     r += rule("[+ name +].img", "[+ name +].image$(EXEEXT)", """
-if test x$(USE_APPLE_CC_FIXES) = xyes; then \
+if test x$(TARGET_APPLE_LINKER) = x1; then \
   $(MACHO2IMG) $< $@; \
 else \
   $(TARGET_OBJCOPY) $(""" + cname() + """_OBJCOPYFLAGS) --strip-unneeded -R .note -R .comment -R .note.gnu.build-id -R .reginfo -R .rel.dyn -R .note.gnu.gold-version $< $@; \
diff --git a/grub-core/Makefile.am b/grub-core/Makefile.am
index e081559f8..025bbded3 100644
--- a/grub-core/Makefile.am
+++ b/grub-core/Makefile.am
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ CLEANFILES += $(MOD_FILES)
 if COND_ENABLE_EFIEMU
 efiemu32.o: efiemu/runtime/efiemu.c $(TARGET_OBJ2ELF)
 	-rm -f $@; \
-	if test "x$(TARGET_APPLE_CC)" = x1; then \
+	if test "x$(TARGET_APPLE_LINKER)" = x1; then \
 	  $(TARGET_CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS_EFIEMU) $(CPPFLAGS_DEFAULT) -m32 -Wall -Werror -nostdlib -O2 -c -o $@.bin $< || exit 1; \
 	  $(OBJCONV) -felf32 -nu -nd $@.bin $@ || exit 1; \
 	  rm -f $@.bin; \
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ efiemu32.o: efiemu/runtime/efiemu.c $(TARGET_OBJ2ELF)
 	fi
 
 efiemu64_c.o: efiemu/runtime/efiemu.c
-	if test "x$(TARGET_APPLE_CC)" = x1; then \
+	if test "x$(TARGET_APPLE_LINKER)" = x1; then \
 	  $(TARGET_CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS_EFIEMU) $(CPPFLAGS_DEFAULT) -m64 -nostdlib -Wall -Werror -mno-red-zone -c -o $@ $< || exit 1; \
 	else \
 	  $(TARGET_CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS_EFIEMU) $(CPPFLAGS_DEFAULT) -m64 -nostdlib -Wall -Werror -O2 -mcmodel=large -mno-red-zone -c -o $@ $< || exit 1; \
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ efiemu64_c.o: efiemu/runtime/efiemu.c
 
 efiemu64_s.o: efiemu/runtime/efiemu.S
 	-rm -f $@
-	if test "x$(TARGET_APPLE_CC)" = x1; then \
+	if test "x$(TARGET_APPLE_LINKER)" = x1; then \
 	  $(TARGET_CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS_EFIEMU) $(CPPFLAGS_DEFAULT) -m64 -Wall -Werror -nostdlib -O2 -mno-red-zone -c -o $@ $< || exit 1; \
 	else \
 	  $(TARGET_CC) $(DEFS) $(INCLUDES) $(CPPFLAGS_EFIEMU) $(CPPFLAGS_DEFAULT) -m64 -Wall -Werror -nostdlib -O2 -mcmodel=large -mno-red-zone -c -o $@ $< || exit 1; \
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ efiemu64_s.o: efiemu/runtime/efiemu.S
 
 efiemu64.o: efiemu64_c.o efiemu64_s.o $(TARGET_OBJ2ELEF)
 	-rm -f $@; \
-	if test "x$(TARGET_APPLE_CC)" = x1; then \
+	if test "x$(TARGET_APPLE_LINKER)" = x1; then \
 	  rm -f $@.bin; \
 	  $(TARGET_CC) -m64 -Wl,-r -nostdlib -o $@.bin $^ || exit 1; \
 	  $(OBJCONV) -felf64 -nu -nd $@.bin $@ || exit 1; \
diff --git a/grub-core/genmod.sh.in b/grub-core/genmod.sh.in
index ff5cb19ae..40a3bc3e5 100644
--- a/grub-core/genmod.sh.in
+++ b/grub-core/genmod.sh.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ deps=`grep ^$modname: $moddep | sed s@^.*:@@`
 # remove old files if any
 rm -f $tmpfile $outfile
 
-if test x@TARGET_APPLE_CC@ != x1; then
+if test x@TARGET_APPLE_LINKER@ != x1; then
     # stripout .modname and .moddeps sections from input module
     @TARGET_OBJCOPY@ -R .modname -R .moddeps $infile $tmpfile