diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eb0e7bbce0b3ec622eae8e23abf8457c570dc16e..c85475fb873276e39d4f57c0d788de3e4af68167 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ done
 if test "$stack_protector" != "no" ; then
   gcc_flags="-fstack-protector-strong -fstack-protector-all"
   for flag in $gcc_flags; do
-    if compile_prog "-Werror $flag" "" ; then
+    if do_cc $QEMU_CFLAGS -Werror $flag -c -o $TMPO $TMPC ; then
       QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS $flag"
       LIBTOOLFLAGS="$LIBTOOLFLAGS -Wc,$flag"
       break