@@ -346,10 +346,29 @@
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
 ], [
 	AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
 	AC_MSG_ERROR(Compiler does not support properties!)
 ])
+
+case "$host" in
+x86_64-*-mingw*)
+	dnl MSYS2 backported some patches to binutils 2.35 to enable ASLR.
+	dnl Unfortunately, those patches result in a crash on start. Tracing it
+	dnl in a debugger, a bunch of ctors get executed and after the last
+	dnl ctor, it jumps into a random address. Sounds like something in the
+	dnl ctor array does not get relocated correctly? In any case, this no
+	dnl longer happens with --default-image-base-low.
+	AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we can use -Wl,--default-image-base-low])
+	old_LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS"
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--default-image-base-low"
+	AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([], [])], [
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
+	], [
+		AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
+		LDFLAGS="$old_LDFLAGS"
+	])
+esac
 
 AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(shared,