diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f53ea853..3ee162d9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
 NATIVE_DEFINES=-DTCC_TARGET_ARM
+NATIVE_TARGET=-DWITHOUT_LIBTCC
 NATIVE_DEFINES+=$(if $(wildcard /lib/ld-linux.so.3),-DTCC_ARM_EABI)
 NATIVE_DEFINES+=$(if $(shell grep -l "^Features.* \(vfp\|iwmmxt\) " /proc/cpuinfo),-DTCC_ARM_VFP)
 endif
diff --git a/tccelf.c b/tccelf.c
index 91a203e7..4ea8dc84 100644
--- a/tccelf.c
+++ b/tccelf.c
@@ -1232,10 +1232,14 @@ ST_FUNC void tcc_add_runtime(TCCState *s1)
         tcc_add_library(s1, "c");
         tcc_add_file(s1, CONFIG_SYSROOT "/lib/libgcc_s.so.1");
 #else
-        char buf[1024];
         tcc_add_library(s1, "c");
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s", s1->tcc_lib_path, "libtcc1.a");
-        tcc_add_file(s1, buf);
+#ifndef WITHOUT_LIBTCC
+	{
+            char buf[1024];
+            snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s", s1->tcc_lib_path, "libtcc1.a");
+            tcc_add_file(s1, buf);
+	}
+#endif
 #endif
     }
     /* add crt end if not memory output */