diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 55f101fc27..4e4ec650c8 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ cat > $TMPC <<EOF
 int main(void) {}
 EOF
 
-if $cc -c -o $TMPO $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
+if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -c -o $TMPO $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
   : C compiler works ok
 else
     echo "ERROR: \"$cc\" either does not exist or does not work"
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ if test "$check_gcc" = "yes" ; then
 #endif
 int main(){return 0;}
 EOF
-    if "$cc" -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
+    if "$cc" $ARCH_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
 	echo "WARNING: \"$cc\" looks like gcc 4.x"
 	found_compat_cc="no"
 	if test "$gcc3_search" = "yes" ; then
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv){
 }
 EOF
 
-if $cc -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
+if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
 $TMPE && bigendian="yes"
 else
 echo big/little test failed
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ cat > $TMPC << EOF
 #undef main /* We don't want SDL to override our main() */
 int main( void ) { return SDL_Init (SDL_INIT_VIDEO); }
 EOF
-        if $cc -o $TMPE ${OS_CFLAGS} `$sdl_config --cflags 2> /dev/null` $TMPC `$sdl_config --libs 2> /dev/null` 2> /tmp/qemu-$$-sdl-config.log ; then
+        if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -o $TMPE ${OS_CFLAGS} `$sdl_config --cflags 2> /dev/null` $TMPC `$sdl_config --libs 2> /dev/null` 2> /tmp/qemu-$$-sdl-config.log ; then
             _sdlversion=`$sdl_config --version | sed 's/[^0-9]//g'`
             if test "$_sdlversion" -lt 121 ; then
                 sdl_too_old=yes
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ if test "$alsa" = "yes" ; then
 #include <alsa/asoundlib.h>
 int main(void) { snd_pcm_t **handle; return snd_pcm_close(*handle); }
 EOF
-  if $cc -o $TMPE $TMPC -lasound 2> /dev/null ; then
+  if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $TMPC -lasound 2> /dev/null ; then
     :
   else
     echo
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ fi
 echo "Source path       $source_path"
 echo "C compiler        $cc"
 echo "Host C compiler   $host_cc"
+echo "ARCH_CFLAGS       $ARCH_CFLAGS"
 echo "make              $make"
 echo "install           $install"
 echo "host CPU          $cpu"
@@ -862,7 +863,7 @@ else
 #include <byteswap.h>
 int main(void) { return bswap_32(0); }
 EOF
-  if $cc -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
+  if $cc $ARCH_CFLAGS -o $TMPE $TMPC 2> /dev/null ; then
     echo "#define HAVE_BYTESWAP_H 1" >> $config_h
   fi
 fi