1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 112a027..dfb8386 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -227,9 +227,13 @@ tryflag CFLAGS -fPIE
 tryflag CFLAGS_AUTO -fstack-protector-all
 tryldflag LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,now
 tryldflag LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,relro
-# You can not link libraries with -pie (unless you add a main() function).
-# So keep this a vis-only flag.
-if test "$static" != "yes" ; then
+# in theory it should be perfectly fine to produce a staticically linked PIE
+# however in practice it is not yet properly supported by gcc:
+#
+#  cc -fPIE -pie --static
+#
+# will always add a PT_INTERP referencing the dynamic loader/linker
+if test "$static" != "yes" || tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--no-dynamic-linker ; then
 	tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -pie
 fi