diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 93518a7..cafb64f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -83,6 +83,21 @@ return 1
 fi
 }
 
+tryccprint () {
+printf "checking CC -print-file-name for %s... " "$2"
+CC_FILE="`$CC -print-file-name=$2`"
+L="-L`dirname $CC_FILE` `basename $CC_FILE .a |sed -e 's/^lib/-l/'`"
+echo "typedef int x;" > "$tmpc"
+if "$CC" -nostdlib -shared "$L" -o /dev/null "$tmpc" 2>/dev/null ; then
+printf "yes\n"
+eval "$1=\"\${$1} \$L\""
+eval "$1=\${$1# }"
+return 0
+else
+printf "no\n"
+return 1
+fi
+}
 
 
 # Beginning of actual script
@@ -291,6 +306,7 @@ shared=no
 # Find compiler runtime library
 test -z "$LIBCC" && tryldflag LIBCC -lgcc && tryldflag LIBCC -lgcc_eh
 test -z "$LIBCC" && tryldflag LIBCC -lcompiler_rt
+test -z "$LIBCC" && tryccprint LIBCC libpcc.a &&
 printf "using compiler runtime libraries: %s\n" "$LIBCC"
 
 
diff --git a/lib/empty b/lib/empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000