diff --git a/m4/virt-compile-pie.m4 b/m4/virt-compile-pie.m4
index cceb495dfdac6f984428dd626f0d48d1244466dc..c0fb346ff78424359b5d888d478bacc4fde1b24e 100644
--- a/m4/virt-compile-pie.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-compile-pie.m4
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_COMPILE_PIE],[
       *-*-mingw* | *-*-msvc* | *-*-cygwin* )
          ;; dnl All code is position independent on Win32 target
       *)
-      gl_COMPILER_OPTION_IF([-fPIE -DPIE], [
-        PIE_CFLAGS="-fPIE -DPIE"
+      gl_COMPILER_OPTION_IF([-fPIE -DPIE -pie], [
+        PIE_CFLAGS="-fPIE -DPIE -pie"
         PIE_LDFLAGS="-pie"
       ])
     esac