diff --git a/configure b/configure
index aa17b0f..f509bce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2231,24 +2231,32 @@
     done
 fi
 
-# Only build s390-ccw bios if we're on s390x and the compiler has -march=z900
-# or -march=z10 (which is the lowest architecture level that Clang supports)
-if test "$cpu" = "s390x" ; then
+# Only build s390-ccw bios if the compiler has -march=z900 or -march=z10
+# (which is the lowest architecture level that Clang supports)
+probe_target_compiler s390x
+if test -n "$target_cc" && test "$softmmu" = yes; then
   write_c_skeleton
-  compile_prog "-march=z900" ""
+  do_compiler "$target_cc" $target_cc_cflags -march=z900 -o $TMPO -c $TMPC
   has_z900=$?
-  if [ $has_z900 = 0 ] || compile_object "-march=z10 -msoft-float -Werror"; then
+  if [ $has_z900 = 0 ] || do_compiler "$target_cc" $target_cc_cflags -march=z10 -msoft-float -Werror -o $TMPO -c $TMPC; then
     if [ $has_z900 != 0 ]; then
       echo "WARNING: Your compiler does not support the z900!"
       echo "         The s390-ccw bios will only work with guest CPUs >= z10."
     fi
     roms="$roms s390-ccw"
+    config_mak=pc-bios/s390-ccw/config-host.mak
+    echo "# Automatically generated by configure - do not modify" > $config_mak
+    echo "SRC_PATH=$source_path/pc-bios/s390-ccw" >> $config_mak
+    write_target_makefile >> $config_mak
     # SLOF is required for building the s390-ccw firmware on s390x,
     # since it is using the libnet code from SLOF for network booting.
     git_submodules="${git_submodules} roms/SLOF"
   fi
 fi
 
+#######################################
+# generate config-host.mak
+
 # Check that the C++ compiler exists and works with the C compiler.
 # All the QEMU_CXXFLAGS are based on QEMU_CFLAGS. Keep this at the end to don't miss any other that could be added.
 if has $cxx; then