diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a670ea02d..bf02e88e2 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ $rootdir/scripts/detect_cc.sh --cc="$CC" --cxx="$CXX" --lto="${CONFIG[LTO]}" --l
 CC=$(cat $rootdir/mk/cc.mk | grep "DEFAULT_CC=" | cut -d "=" -f 2)
 CC_TYPE=$(cat $rootdir/mk/cc.mk | grep "CC_TYPE=" | cut -d "=" -f 2)
 
-BUILD_CMD=($CC -o /dev/null -x c $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS)
+BUILD_CMD=($CC -o /dev/null -x c $CPPFLAGS $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -march=native)
 
 # Detect architecture and force no ISA-L if non-x86 archtecture
 if [[ "${CONFIG[ISAL]}" = "y" ]]; then