diff --git a/tccelf.c b/tccelf.c
index c5dc023e..12bdc8d0 100644
--- a/tccelf.c
+++ b/tccelf.c
@@ -956,10 +956,6 @@ static void tcc_add_runtime(TCCState *s1)
 {
     char buf[1024];
 
-    if (!s1->nostdlib) {
-        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s", tcc_lib_path, "libtcc1.a");
-        tcc_add_file(s1, buf);
-    }
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCC_BCHECK
     if (do_bounds_check) {
         unsigned long *ptr;
@@ -993,6 +989,9 @@ static void tcc_add_runtime(TCCState *s1)
     /* add libc */
     if (!s1->nostdlib) {
         tcc_add_library(s1, "c");
+
+        snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s/%s", tcc_lib_path, "libtcc1.a");
+        tcc_add_file(s1, buf);
     }
     /* add crt end if not memory output */
     if (s1->output_type != TCC_OUTPUT_MEMORY && !s1->nostdlib) {