diff --git a/racket/src/cs/c/configure b/racket/src/cs/c/configure
index 9612edb4c0..38a6f8ed16 100755
--- a/racket/src/cs/c/configure
+++ b/racket/src/cs/c/configure
@@ -4293,6 +4293,9 @@ case "$host_os" in
       CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DRACKET_XONX"
       strip_needs_dash_s=yes
     fi
+    if test "${enable_embedfw}" = "yes" ; then
+      strip_needs_dash_s=yes
+    fi
 
     PROPAGATE_SUB_CONFIGURE=no
         if test "${enable_sdk}" != "" ; then
diff --git a/racket/src/cs/c/configure.ac b/racket/src/cs/c/configure.ac
index 8e8933b799..493bda774b 100644
--- a/racket/src/cs/c/configure.ac
+++ b/racket/src/cs/c/configure.ac
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ case "$host_os" in
       CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -DRACKET_XONX"
       strip_needs_dash_s=yes
     fi
+    if test "${enable_embedfw}" = "yes" ; then
+      strip_needs_dash_s=yes
+    fi
 
     PROPAGATE_SUB_CONFIGURE=no
     m4_include(../ac/sdk_mac.m4)