diff --git a/configure b/configure
index cfeb6fe8dfe..095fbc3ab94 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1355,7 +1355,8 @@ case $_host_os in
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Os -mogc -mcpu=750 -meabi -mhard-float"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fmodulo-sched"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$DEVKITPRO/libogc/include -I$DEVKITPRO/cube/include"
-		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -mogc -mcpu=750 -L$DEVKITPRO/libogc/lib/cube -L$DEVKITPRO/cube/lib"
+		# libogc is required to link the cc tests (includes _start())
+		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -mogc -mcpu=750 -L$DEVKITPRO/libogc/lib/cube -L$DEVKITPRO/cube/lib -logc"
 		;;
 	haiku*)
 		DEFINES="$DEFINES -DUNIX -DSYSTEM_NOT_SUPPORTING_D_TYPE"