diff --git a/app-tools/Makefile b/app-tools/Makefile
index beb39b817..eb3e2bc41 100644
--- a/app-tools/Makefile
+++ b/app-tools/Makefile
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ ${TOOLOBJ}/${2}: ${1} Makefile ${TOOLOBJ}
 		-e 's#!PLATFORM!#$(PLATFORM)#g;'			\
 		-e 's#!CPPFLAGS!#$(BUILDRUMP_TOOL_CPPFLAGS)#g;'		\
 		-e 's#!CFLAGS!#$(BUILDRUMP_TOOL_CFLAGS)#g;'		\
+		-e 's#!EXTRACCFLAGS!#$(EXTRACCFLAGS)#g;'			\
 		-e 's#!CXXFLAGS!#$(BUILDRUMP_TOOL_CXXFLAGS)#g;'		\
 		-e 's#!LDFLAGS_BAKE!#$(LDFLAGS_BAKE)#g;'
 	chmod 755 $$@
diff --git a/app-tools/cc.in b/app-tools/cc.in
index ef0db9a2d..4ea20a847 100644
--- a/app-tools/cc.in
+++ b/app-tools/cc.in
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ferment)
 	${CC} ${CFLAGS} -no-integrated-cpp \
 	    --sysroot !DESTDIR!/rumprun-!MACHINE_GNU_ARCH! \
 	    -specs=!DESTDIR!/rumprun-!MACHINE_GNU_ARCH!/lib/specs-compile_or_ferment \
-	    -Wl,-r -Wl,-u,main \
+	    !EXTRACCFLAGS! -Wl,-r -Wl,-u,main \
 	    "$@" !DESTDIR!/rumprun-!MACHINE_GNU_ARCH!/share/!TOOLTUPLE!-recipe.s ${EXTRALIBS} || die
 
 	# If the presumed output file did not change, and the compiler
diff --git a/app-tools/cookfs.in b/app-tools/cookfs.in
index 4972b3fd8..16d8b2bc5 100644
--- a/app-tools/cookfs.in
+++ b/app-tools/cookfs.in
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ processonefile ()
 	ln -sf -- "${fabs}" ${LINKPATH}
 
 	${RUMPRUN_COOKFS_CC} !CFLAGS! !CPPFLAGS! -nostdlib		\
-	    -Wl,-r,-b,binary -o ${TMPDIR}/d${fn}.o ${LINKPATH}
+	    !EXTRACCFLAGS! -Wl,-r,-b,binary -o ${TMPDIR}/d${fn}.o ${LINKPATH}
 
 	${RUMPRUN_COOKFS_OBJCOPY}					\
 	    --redefine-sym ${LINKPATH_BIN}_start=${rf}_start		\
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ exec 1>&3 3>&-
 unset IFS
 
 ${RUMPRUN_COOKFS_CC} !CFLAGS! !CPPFLAGS! -I${RUMPRUN_COOKFS_INCDIR}	\
-    -nostdlib -Wl,-r -o ${TMPDIR}/fin.o ${TMPDIR}/d*.o ${TMPDIR}/constr.c
+    -nostdlib !EXTRACCFLAGS! -Wl,-r -o ${TMPDIR}/fin.o ${TMPDIR}/d*.o ${TMPDIR}/constr.c
 ${RUMPRUN_COOKFS_OBJCOPY} ${LSYM} ${TMPDIR}/fin.o ${OUTFILE}
 
 totsize=$(${RUMPRUN_COOKFS_SIZE} ${OUTFILE} | awk 'NR == 2{print $4}')
diff --git a/app-tools/rumprun-bake.in b/app-tools/rumprun-bake.in
index b43195a2f..3d82bae27 100644
--- a/app-tools/rumprun-bake.in
+++ b/app-tools/rumprun-bake.in
@@ -397,8 +397,9 @@ done
 
 MACHINE_GNU_ARCH=${RUMPBAKE_TUPLE%%-*}
 
+
 # Final link using cc to produce the unikernel image.
-${runcmd} ${RUMPBAKE_BACKINGCC} ${RUMPBAKE_CFLAGS}			\
+${runcmd} ${RUMPBAKE_BACKINGCC} ${RUMPBAKE_CFLAGS} !EXTRACCFLAGS!	\
     --sysroot ${RUMPBAKE_TOOLDIR}/rumprun-${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}		\
     -specs=${RUMPBAKE_TOOLDIR}/rumprun-${MACHINE_GNU_ARCH}/lib/rumprun-${PLATFORM}/specs-bake \
     -o ${OUTPUT} ${allobjs}						\
diff --git a/build-rr.sh b/build-rr.sh
index e361c327d..4627ee2d8 100755
--- a/build-rr.sh
+++ b/build-rr.sh
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ checktools ()
 		echo '>>'
 		sleep ${delay}
 	fi
+
 }
 
 buildrump ()
@@ -493,6 +494,14 @@ makeconfig ()
 	else
 		echo "CONFIG_CXX=no" >> ${1}
 	fi
+
+	# Check for if compiler supports -no-pie and save to EXTRACCFLAGS
+	gccnopie=
+	if [ -z "`echo 'int p=1;' | ${CC} -no-pie -S -o /dev/null -x c - 2>&1`" ]; then
+		gccnopie=-no-pie
+	fi
+	echo "EXTRACCFLAGS=${quote}${gccnopie}${quote}" >> ${1}
+
 }
 
 dobuild ()