diff --git a/qemu/configure b/qemu/configure
index f82fa1f1..e7da9e91 100755
--- a/qemu/configure
+++ b/qemu/configure
@@ -848,20 +848,24 @@ if test "$static" = "yes" ; then
   fi
 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; 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"
     LDFLAGS="-pie $LDFLAGS"