diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d4c2c7a563..1cdc439a57 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2107,26 +2107,24 @@ if ! compile_prog "-Werror" "" ; then
 	"Thread-Local Storage (TLS). Please upgrade to a version that does."
 fi
 
-if test "$pie" != "no" ; then
-  cat > $TMPC << EOF
+cat > $TMPC << EOF
 
 #ifdef __linux__
 #  define THREAD __thread
 #else
 #  define THREAD
 #endif
-
 static THREAD int tls_var;
-
 int main(void) { return tls_var; }
-
 EOF
-  # check we support --no-pie first...
-  if compile_prog "-Werror -fno-pie" "-no-pie"; then
-    CFLAGS_NOPIE="-fno-pie"
-    LDFLAGS_NOPIE="-nopie"
-  fi
 
+# Check we support --no-pie first; we will need this for building ROMs.
+if compile_prog "-Werror -fno-pie" "-no-pie"; then
+  CFLAGS_NOPIE="-fno-pie"
+  LDFLAGS_NOPIE="-no-pie"
+fi
+
+if test "$pie" != "no" ; then
   if compile_prog "-fPIE -DPIE" "-pie"; then
     QEMU_CFLAGS="-fPIE -DPIE $QEMU_CFLAGS"
     QEMU_LDFLAGS="-pie $QEMU_LDFLAGS"