diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c85475fb87..69b9f56847 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1448,7 +1448,10 @@ done
 if test "$stack_protector" != "no" ; then
   gcc_flags="-fstack-protector-strong -fstack-protector-all"
   for flag in $gcc_flags; do
-    if do_cc $QEMU_CFLAGS -Werror $flag -c -o $TMPO $TMPC ; then
+    # We need to check both a compile and a link, since some compiler
+    # setups fail only on a .c->.o compile and some only at link time
+    if do_cc $QEMU_CFLAGS -Werror $flag -c -o $TMPO $TMPC &&
+       compile_prog "-Werror $flag" ""; then
       QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $flag"
       LIBTOOLFLAGS="$LIBTOOLFLAGS -Wc,$flag"
       break