diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f244fd16bb..28218a98c5 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -55,15 +55,6 @@ AC_INIT(configure.in)
     AC_FUNC_REALLOC
     AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gettimeofday memset strcasecmp strchr strdup strerror strncasecmp strtol strtoul])
 
-#Enable support for gcc compile time security options. There is no great way to do detection of valid cflags that I have found
-#AX_CFLAGS_GCC_OPTION don't seem to do a better job than the code below and are a pain because of extra m4 files etc.
-#These flags seem to be supported on CentOS 5+, Ubuntu 8.04+, and FedoreCore 11+
-#Options are taken from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CompilerFlags
-    AC_ARG_ENABLE(gccprotect,
-            [  --enable-gccprotect  Detect and use gcc hardening options],
-            [ enable_gccprotect=yes
-            ])
-
 #check for os
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([host os])
 
@@ -93,6 +84,15 @@ AC_INIT(configure.in)
     esac
     AC_MSG_RESULT(ok)
 
+#Enable support for gcc compile time security options. There is no great way to do detection of valid cflags that I have found
+#AX_CFLAGS_GCC_OPTION don't seem to do a better job than the code below and are a pain because of extra m4 files etc.
+#These flags seem to be supported on CentOS 5+, Ubuntu 8.04+, and FedoreCore 11+
+#Options are taken from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CompilerFlags
+    AC_ARG_ENABLE(gccprotect,
+            [  --enable-gccprotect  Detect and use gcc hardening options],
+            [ enable_gccprotect=yes
+            ])
+
     if test "$enable_gccprotect" = "yes"; then
         #buffer overflow protection
         AC_MSG_CHECKING(for -fstack-protector)