diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 75bb0c7bd9..8f05637538 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1196,6 +1196,11 @@ if test "$fragile_hardening" = "yes"; then
       AC_MSG_ERROR([The compiler supports -fsanitize=undefined, but for some reason I was not able to link when using it. Are you missing run-time support? With GCC you need libasan.*, and with Clang you need libclang_rt.ubsan*])
     fi
 
+   TOR_TRY_COMPILE_WITH_CFLAGS([-fno-sanitize=float-divide-by-zero], also_link, CFLAGS_UBSAN="-fno-sanitize=float-divide-by-zero", true)
+    if test "$tor_cv_cflags__fno_sanitize_float_divide_by_zero" = "yes" && test "$tor_can_link__fno_sanitize_float_divide_by_zero" != "yes"; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([The compiler supports -fno-sanitize=float-divide-by-zero, but for some reason I was not able to link when using it. Are you missing run-time support? With GCC you need libasan.*, and with Clang you need libclang_rt.ubsan*])
+    fi
+
 TOR_CHECK_CFLAGS([-fno-omit-frame-pointer])
 fi