diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 72ad97a..c615466 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -646,6 +646,8 @@
 INSTALL_PROGRAM
 HAS_PYTHON
 DISABLE_ASDLGEN
+ac_ct_READELF
+READELF
 ARFLAGS
 ac_ct_AR
 AR
@@ -5742,6 +5744,115 @@
         ARFLAGS="rc"
 fi
 
+if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
+  for ac_prog in readelf
+  do
+    # Extract the first word of "$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_READELF+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$READELF"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_READELF="$READELF" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
+    ac_cv_prog_READELF="$ac_tool_prefix$ac_prog"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+READELF=$ac_cv_prog_READELF
+if test -n "$READELF"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $READELF" >&5
+$as_echo "$READELF" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+    test -n "$READELF" && break
+  done
+fi
+if test -z "$READELF"; then
+  ac_ct_READELF=$READELF
+  for ac_prog in readelf
+do
+  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_READELF+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$ac_ct_READELF"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_READELF="$ac_ct_READELF" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
+    ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_READELF="$ac_prog"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+ac_ct_READELF=$ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_READELF
+if test -n "$ac_ct_READELF"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_ct_READELF" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_ct_READELF" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+  test -n "$ac_ct_READELF" && break
+done
+
+  if test "x$ac_ct_READELF" = x; then
+    READELF=":"
+  else
+    case $cross_compiling:$ac_tool_warned in
+yes:)
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: using cross tools not prefixed with host triplet" >&2;}
+ac_tool_warned=yes ;;
+esac
+    READELF=$ac_ct_READELF
+  fi
+fi
+
+if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then
+    case "$READELF" in
+	readelf|:)
+	as_fn_error $? "readelf for the host is required for cross builds" "$LINENO" 5
+	;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+
 
 DISABLE_ASDLGEN=""
 # Extract the first word of "python", so it can be a program name with args.