diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1000cb1766..2148f11044 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -5935,7 +5935,11 @@ elif enabled ccc; then
     add_cflags -msg_disable nonstandcast
     add_cflags -msg_disable unsupieee
 elif enabled gcc; then
-    check_optflags -fno-tree-vectorize
+    case $gcc_basever in
+        4.9*) enabled x86 || check_optflags -fno-tree-vectorize ;;
+        4.*)                 check_optflags -fno-tree-vectorize ;;
+        *)    enabled x86 || check_optflags -fno-tree-vectorize ;;
+    esac
     check_cflags -Werror=format-security
     check_cflags -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
     check_cflags -Werror=missing-prototypes