diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8cd653f..17b86a3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10237,7 +10237,7 @@
   cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 #line $LINENO "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
-void ac_asm(void) { asm(".string \"test\""); }
+void ac_asm(void) { asm(".data\n\t.string \"test\"\n\t.text"); }
 
 #ifdef F77_DUMMY_MAIN
 #  ifdef __cplusplus