diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2e28124348..7c377aa061 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -863,6 +863,9 @@ check_exec_crash(){
 static void sighandler(int sig){
     raise(SIGTERM);
 }
+int foo(void){
+    $code
+}
 int main(void){
     signal(SIGILL, sighandler);
     signal(SIGFPE, sighandler);
@@ -870,7 +873,7 @@ int main(void){
 #ifdef SIGBUS
     signal(SIGBUS, sighandler);
 #endif
-    { $code }
+    foo();
 }
 EOF
 }