--- a/src/libgo/configure.ac
+++ b/src/libgo/configure.ac
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
 is_dragonfly=no
 is_rtems=no
 is_solaris=no
+is_gnu=no
 GOOS=unknown
 case ${host} in
   *-*-darwin*)   is_darwin=yes;  GOOS=darwin ;;
@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@
   *-*-dragonfly*) is_dragonfly=yes; GOOS=dragonfly ;;
   *-*-rtems*)    is_rtems=yes;   GOOS=rtems ;;
   *-*-solaris2*) is_solaris=yes; GOOS=solaris ;;
+  *-*-gnu*)      is_gnu=yes;     GOOS=gnu ;;
 esac
 AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBGO_IS_DARWIN, test $is_darwin = yes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBGO_IS_FREEBSD, test $is_freebsd = yes)
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@
 AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBGO_IS_DRAGONFLY, test $is_dragonfly = yes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBGO_IS_RTEMS, test $is_rtems = yes)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBGO_IS_SOLARIS, test $is_solaris = yes)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(LIBGO_IS_GNU, test $is_gnu = yes)
 AC_SUBST(GOOS)
 
 dnl Test whether we need to use DejaGNU or whether we can use the