diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d9f088d12..a0ea5beae 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -874,6 +874,29 @@ if test "x$target_cpu" = xloongarch64; then
     TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -mno-explicit-relocs -fno-plt"
     TARGET_CCASFLAGS="$TARGET_CCASFLAGS -mno-explicit-relocs -fno-plt"
   fi
+
+  AC_CACHE_CHECK([for no-relax options], grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax, [
+    grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax=no
+    for cand in "-mno-relax" "-Wa,-mno-relax"; do
+      if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax" != xno ; then
+        break
+      fi
+      CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS $cand -Werror"
+      AC_LINK_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[
+	    asm (".globl start; start:");
+	    void __main (void);
+	    void __main (void) {}
+	    int main (void);
+	    ]], [[]])], [grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax="$cand"], [])
+    done
+  ])
+  CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS"
+
+  if test x"$grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax" != xno ; then
+    TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS $grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax"
+    TARGET_CCASFLAGS="$TARGET_CCASFLAGS $grub_cv_target_cc_mno_relax"
+  fi
+
   TARGET_CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS -Wa,-mla-global-with-abs"
   TARGET_CCASFLAGS="$TARGET_CCASFLAGS -Wa,-mla-global-with-abs"
 fi