diff --git a/Tools/jit/_targets.py b/Tools/jit/_targets.py
index b3b065652e0bb0..bb9f34807ef6fc 100644
--- a/Tools/jit/_targets.py
+++ b/Tools/jit/_targets.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import os
 import pathlib
 import re
+import shlex
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import typing
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class _Target(typing.Generic[_S, _R]):
     stable: bool = False
     debug: bool = False
     verbose: bool = False
+    cflags: str = ""
     known_symbols: dict[str, int] = dataclasses.field(default_factory=dict)
 
     def _get_nop(self) -> bytes:
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ async def _compile(
     ) -> _stencils.StencilGroup:
         o = tempdir / f"{opname}.o"
         args = [
+            *shlex.split(self.cflags),
             f"--target={self.triple}",
             "-DPy_BUILD_CORE_MODULE",
             "-D_DEBUG" if self.debug else "-DNDEBUG",
diff --git a/Tools/jit/build.py b/Tools/jit/build.py
index a8cb0f67c36363..663874ad439838 100644
--- a/Tools/jit/build.py
+++ b/Tools/jit/build.py
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
     parser.add_argument(
         "-v", "--verbose", action="store_true", help="echo commands as they are run"
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--with-cflags", help="additional flags to pass to the compiler", default=""
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
     args.target.debug = args.debug
     args.target.verbose = args.verbose
+    args.target.cflags = args.with_cflags
     args.target.build(pathlib.Path.cwd(), comment=comment, force=args.force)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1b75ddfa26dcdd..3c9e550b5d3fd5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8399,7 +8399,7 @@ then :
 
 else case e in #(
   e) as_fn_append CFLAGS_NODIST " $jit_flags"
-           REGEN_JIT_COMMAND="\$(PYTHON_FOR_REGEN) \$(srcdir)/Tools/jit/build.py $host"
+           REGEN_JIT_COMMAND="\$(PYTHON_FOR_REGEN) \$(srcdir)/Tools/jit/build.py $host --with-cflags=\"\$(CONFIGURE_CFLAGS)\""
            JIT_STENCILS_H="jit_stencils.h"
            if test "x$Py_DEBUG" = xtrue
 then :
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c449bb5ebb3cd4..5f9d08a4ee70f7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@ AS_VAR_IF([jit_flags],
           [],
           [AS_VAR_APPEND([CFLAGS_NODIST], [" $jit_flags"])
            AS_VAR_SET([REGEN_JIT_COMMAND],
-                      ["\$(PYTHON_FOR_REGEN) \$(srcdir)/Tools/jit/build.py $host"])
+                      ["\$(PYTHON_FOR_REGEN) \$(srcdir)/Tools/jit/build.py $host --with-cflags=\"\$(CONFIGURE_CFLAGS)\""])
            AS_VAR_SET([JIT_STENCILS_H], ["jit_stencils.h"])
            AS_VAR_IF([Py_DEBUG],
                      [true],