diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 60fe529392..285e5997c7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8707,6 +8707,7 @@ else case e in #(
 _start:
 .globl __start
 __start:
+	.byte 0
 EOF
 if test $libc_cv_cc_pie_default = yes; then
   pde_ld_flags="-no-pie"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bcf37310df..d230635a71 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1899,6 +1899,7 @@ cat > conftest.S <<EOF
 _start:
 .globl __start
 __start:
+	.byte 0
 EOF
 if test $libc_cv_cc_pie_default = yes; then
   pde_ld_flags="-no-pie"