diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 95104491b4b..a341a871371 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1443,6 +1443,7 @@ case $_host_os in
 	gamecube)
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -Os -mogc -mcpu=750 -meabi -mhard-float"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fmodulo-sched"
+		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fuse-cxa-atexit"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$DEVKITPRO/libogc/include"
 		# libogc is required to link the cc tests (includes _start())
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -mogc -mcpu=750 -L$DEVKITPRO/libogc/lib/cube -logc"