diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-03-15-56-07.bpo-39761.k10aGe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-03-15-56-07.bpo-39761.k10aGe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3f17cfbd94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-03-15-56-07.bpo-39761.k10aGe.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix build with DTrace but without additional DFLAGS.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d1ec709e4f0..893d0e14149 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -11487,7 +11487,7 @@ if ${ac_cv_dtrace_link+:} false; then :
 else
               ac_cv_dtrace_link=no
             echo 'BEGIN{}' > conftest.d
-            "$DTRACE" "$DFLAGS" -G -s conftest.d -o conftest.o > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+            "$DTRACE" $DFLAGS -G -s conftest.d -o conftest.o > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
                 ac_cv_dtrace_link=yes
 
 fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 38598c43853..8eed0151ebb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3541,7 +3541,7 @@ then
         [ac_cv_dtrace_link], [dnl
             ac_cv_dtrace_link=no
             echo 'BEGIN{}' > conftest.d
-            "$DTRACE" "$DFLAGS" -G -s conftest.d -o conftest.o > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
+            "$DTRACE" $DFLAGS -G -s conftest.d -o conftest.o > /dev/null 2>&1 && \
                 ac_cv_dtrace_link=yes
       ])
     if test "$ac_cv_dtrace_link" = "yes"; then