2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 39a373fbdb..eaf35c57d1 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@ ifeq ($(subst ppc64,ppc,$(ARCH))$(TARGET_BASE_ARCH),ppcppc)
 translate.o: QEMU_CFLAGS := $(QEMU_CFLAGS) $(call cc-option, $(QEMU_CFLAGS), -fno-unit-at-a-time,)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(ARCH),alpha)
-# Ensure there's only a single GP
-QEMU_CFLAGS+=-msmall-data
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(ARCH),ia64)
 QEMU_CFLAGS+=-mno-sdata
 endif
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1c0a317ece..e098068b99 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2072,8 +2072,15 @@ fi
 
 cflags=""
 ldflags=""
-linker_script="-Wl,-T../config-host.ld -Wl,-T,\$(SRC_PATH)/\$(ARCH).ld"
 
+case "$ARCH" in
+alpha)
+  # Ensure there's only a single GP
+  cflags="-msmall-data $cflags"
+;;
+esac
+
+linker_script="-Wl,-T../config-host.ld -Wl,-T,\$(SRC_PATH)/\$(ARCH).ld"
 if test "$target_linux_user" = "yes" -o "$target_bsd_user" = "yes" ; then
   case "$ARCH" in
   i386)