diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 575dde1c1f..0bbf9d28af 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1382,6 +1382,9 @@ elif test "$pie" = "no"; then
   if compile_prog "-Werror -fno-pie" "-no-pie"; then
     CONFIGURE_CFLAGS="-fno-pie $CONFIGURE_CFLAGS"
     CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS="-no-pie $CONFIGURE_LDFLAGS"
+    # Meson currently only handles pie as a boolean for now so if we have
+    # explicitly disabled PIE we need to extend our cflags because it wont.
+    QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-pie -no-pie $QEMU_CFLAGS"
   fi
 elif compile_prog "-Werror -fPIE -DPIE" "-pie"; then
   CONFIGURE_CFLAGS="-fPIE -DPIE $CONFIGURE_CFLAGS"