diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -668,11 +668,7 @@
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,--high-entropy-va]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,--high-entropy-va"])
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-z,relro]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,relro"])
   AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-Wl,-z,now]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -Wl,-z,now"])
-
-  if test x$TARGET_OS != xwindows; then
-    AX_CHECK_COMPILE_FLAG([-fPIE],[PIE_FLAGS="-fPIE"])
-    AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-pie]], [HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -pie"])
-  fi
+  AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([[-fPIE -pie]], [PIE_FLAGS="-fPIE"; HARDENED_LDFLAGS="$HARDENED_LDFLAGS -pie"],, [[$CXXFLAG_WERROR]])
 
   case $host in
     *mingw*)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@
 	# Unfortunately setting the -pie linker flag this way require CMake >= 3.14,
 	# which is not widely distributed at the time of writing.
 	# FIXME: use the POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE property instead
-	if(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-		add_compiler_flag(-fPIE)
-		add_linker_flag(-pie)
-	else()
+	add_compiler_flag(-fPIE)
+	add_linker_flag(-pie)
+
+	if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
 		# MinGw provides its own libssp for stack smashing protection
 		link_libraries(ssp)
 	endif()