diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 6cc5a0ed0..e87c85265 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -170,6 +170,23 @@ rm -f core core.* *.core])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($sudo_cv_func_fnmatch)
 AS_IF([test $sudo_cv_func_fnmatch = yes], [$1], [$2])])
 
+dnl
+dnl Attempt to check for working PIE support.
+dnl This is a bit of a hack but on Solaris 10 with GNU ld and GNU as
+dnl we can end up with strange values from malloc().
+dnl A better check would be to verify that ASLR works with PIE.
+dnl
+AC_DEFUN([SUDO_WORKING_PIE],
+[AC_MSG_CHECKING([for working PIE support])
+AC_CACHE_VAL(sudo_cv_working_pie,
+[rm -f conftestdata; > conftestdata
+AC_TRY_RUN(AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT([])
+[main() { char *p = malloc(1024); if (p == NULL) return 1; memset(p, 0, 1024); return 0; }], [sudo_cv_working_pie=yes], [sudo_cv_working_pie=no],
+  [sudo_cv_working_pie=no])
+rm -f core core.* *.core])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($sudo_cv_working_pie)
+AS_IF([test $sudo_cv_working_pie = yes], [$1], [$2])])
+
 dnl
 dnl check for isblank(3)
 dnl
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 18878ef96..7f2440004 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21091,8 +21091,40 @@ fi
 $as_echo "$ax_cv_check_ldflags___pie" >&6; }
 if test x"$ax_cv_check_ldflags___pie" = xyes; then :
 
-		PIE_CFLAGS="-fPIE"
-		PIE_LDFLAGS="-Wc,-fPIE -pie"
+		{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for working PIE support" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for working PIE support... " >&6; }
+if ${sudo_cv_working_pie+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  rm -f conftestdata; > conftestdata
+if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+  sudo_cv_working_pie=no
+else
+  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+main() { char *p = malloc(1024); if (p == NULL) return 1; memset(p, 0, 1024); return 0; }
+_ACEOF
+if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+  sudo_cv_working_pie=yes
+else
+  sudo_cv_working_pie=no
+fi
+rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
+  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
+fi
+
+rm -f core core.* *.core
+fi
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $sudo_cv_working_pie" >&5
+$as_echo "$sudo_cv_working_pie" >&6; }
+if test $sudo_cv_working_pie = yes; then :
+
+		    PIE_CFLAGS="-fPIE"
+		    PIE_LDFLAGS="-Wc,-fPIE -pie"
+
+fi
 
 else
   :
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index e133f3306..0cde2c3bf 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3447,8 +3447,10 @@ if test -n "$GCC"; then
 	    _CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 	    CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIE"
 	    AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-pie], [
-		PIE_CFLAGS="-fPIE"
-		PIE_LDFLAGS="-Wc,-fPIE -pie"
+		SUDO_WORKING_PIE([
+		    PIE_CFLAGS="-fPIE"
+		    PIE_LDFLAGS="-Wc,-fPIE -pie"
+		], [])
 	    ])
 	    CFLAGS="$_CFLAGS"
 	])