diff -urN archive/8.30/configure.ac src/8.30/configure.ac
--- archive/8.30/configure.ac	2018-05-14 06:20:24.000000000 +0200
+++ src/8.30/configure.ac	2018-08-17 12:38:31.289457659 +0200
@@ -617,7 +617,15 @@
 
 AC_SUBST([built_programs], [$optional_bin_progs])
 
-AM_CONDITIONAL([CROSS_COMPILING], [test "$cross_compiling" = yes])
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether built binary fails to run on this host (cross-compiling?)])
+AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[int main() { return 0; }]])],
+[cu_cross_compiling=no],
+[# Assume we are cross-compiling if this trivial program fails.
+cu_cross_compiling=yes],
+[cu_cross_compiling=yes])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([CROSS_COMPILING],
+  [test "$cross_compiling" = yes || test "$cu_cross_compiling" = yes])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$cu_cross_compiling])
 
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