diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c65fafe..ffc4625 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4083,6 +4083,132 @@
   ;;
 esac
 
+if test "x$CC" != xcc; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $CC and cc understand -c and -o together" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether $CC and cc understand -c and -o together... " >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether cc understands -c and -o together" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking whether cc understands -c and -o together... " >&6; }
+fi
+set dummy $CC; ac_cc=`$as_echo "$2" |
+		      sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g;s/^[0-9]/_/'`
+if eval \${ac_cv_prog_cc_${ac_cc}_c_o+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+int
+main ()
+{
+
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+# Make sure it works both with $CC and with simple cc.
+# We do the test twice because some compilers refuse to overwrite an
+# existing .o file with -o, though they will create one.
+ac_try='$CC -c conftest.$ac_ext -o conftest2.$ac_objext >&5'
+rm -f conftest2.*
+if { { case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+  (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; } &&
+   test -f conftest2.$ac_objext && { { case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+  (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; };
+then
+  eval ac_cv_prog_cc_${ac_cc}_c_o=yes
+  if test "x$CC" != xcc; then
+    # Test first that cc exists at all.
+    if { ac_try='cc -c conftest.$ac_ext >&5'
+  { { case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+  (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; }; }; then
+      ac_try='cc -c conftest.$ac_ext -o conftest2.$ac_objext >&5'
+      rm -f conftest2.*
+      if { { case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+  (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; } &&
+	 test -f conftest2.$ac_objext && { { case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+  (eval "$ac_try") 2>&5
+  ac_status=$?
+  $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  test $ac_status = 0; };
+      then
+	# cc works too.
+	:
+      else
+	# cc exists but doesn't like -o.
+	eval ac_cv_prog_cc_${ac_cc}_c_o=no
+      fi
+    fi
+  fi
+else
+  eval ac_cv_prog_cc_${ac_cc}_c_o=no
+fi
+rm -f core conftest*
+
+fi
+if eval test \$ac_cv_prog_cc_${ac_cc}_c_o = yes; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+
+$as_echo "#define NO_MINUS_C_MINUS_O 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+fi
+
+# FIXME: we rely on the cache variable name because
+# there is no other way.
+set dummy $CC
+am_cc=`echo $2 | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g;s/^[0-9]/_/'`
+eval am_t=\$ac_cv_prog_cc_${am_cc}_c_o
+if test "$am_t" != yes; then
+   # Losing compiler, so override with the script.
+   # FIXME: It is wrong to rewrite CC.
+   # But if we don't then we get into trouble of one sort or another.
+   # A longer-term fix would be to have automake use am__CC in this case,
+   # and then we could set am__CC="\$(top_srcdir)/compile \$(CC)"
+   CC="$am_aux_dir/compile $CC"
+fi
+
+
 ac_ext=cpp
 ac_cpp='$CXXCPP $CPPFLAGS'
 ac_compile='$CXX -c $CXXFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'