diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d7acfdb2db..0a8be7f7bb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2335,6 +2335,8 @@ elif enabled ccc; then
     add_cflags -msg_disable nomainieee
     add_cflags -msg_disable ptrmismatch1
     add_cflags -msg_disable unreachcode
+elif enabled gcc; then
+    check_cflags -fno-tree-vectorize
 fi
 
 # PIC flags for shared library objects where they are needed