diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 68cc2c78a..255d7c09f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2519,8 +2519,12 @@ else
      case "$target_cpu" in
        i?86*)
         if test "$CC" = "lcc"
-         then
-         CFLAGS="-A -A"
+        then
+          CFLAGS="-A -A"
+        elif test "$CC" = "cl"
+        then
+          CFLAGS="/nologo"
+          CPP="/nologo /E"
         fi
         ;;
        hppa*)
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7eed2fbe6..21fe3037c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -235,8 +235,12 @@ else
      case "$target_cpu" in
        i?86*)
         if test "$CC" = "lcc"
-         then
-         CFLAGS="-A -A"
+        then
+          CFLAGS="-A -A"
+        elif test "$CC" = "cl"
+        then
+          CFLAGS="/nologo"
+          CPP="/nologo /E"
         fi
         ;;
        hppa*)