--- source/configure
+++ source/configure
@@ -12206,6 +12206,7 @@
     *linux*)
         { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for LFS support" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for LFS support... " >&6; }
+if false; then
         old_CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS"
         CPPFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE $CPPFLAGS"
        if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
@@ -12292,8 +12293,13 @@
 
 
 	CPPFLAGS="$old_CPPFLAGS"
+fi
 	if test x$LINUX_LFS_SUPPORT = xyes ; then
-		CPPFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE $CPPFLAGS"
+		CPPFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_GNU_SOURCE $CPPFLAGS"
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
+#define _LARGEFILE_SOURCE 1
+_ACEOF
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<\_ACEOF
 #define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE 1