diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dee62f580..bc506acd1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -490,6 +490,13 @@ fi
 if [[ "${CONFIG[PGO_CAPTURE]}" = "y" && "${CONFIG[PGO_USE]}" = "y" ]]; then
 	echo "ERROR: --enable-pgo-capture and --enable-pgo-use are mutually exclusive."
 	exit 1
+elif [[ "${CONFIG[PGO_USE]}" = "y" ]]; then
+	CC_TYPE=$($rootdir/scripts/detect_cc.sh --cc=$CC --cxx=$CXX --lto=$CONFIG[LTO] --ld=$LD | grep "CC_TYPE" | cut -d "=" -f 2)
+	if [[ "$CC_TYPE" = "clang" ]]; then
+		# For clang we need to run an extra step on gathered profiling data.
+		echo "Generating suitable profile data"
+		llvm-profdata merge -output=build/pgo/default.profdata build/pgo
+	fi
 fi