diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c6446f1d79..6f7ce329d9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ BITCOIN_GUI_NAME=dash-qt
 BITCOIN_CLI_NAME=dash-cli
 BITCOIN_TX_NAME=dash-tx
 
+dnl Unless the user specified ARFLAGS, force it to be cr
+AC_ARG_VAR(ARFLAGS, [Flags for the archiver, defaults to <cr> if not set])
+if test "x${ARFLAGS+set}" != "xset"; then
+  ARFLAGS="cr"
+fi
+
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 AH_TOP([#ifndef DASH_CONFIG_H])
@@ -1344,4 +1350,5 @@ echo "  CPPFLAGS            = $CPPFLAGS"
 echo "  CXX                 = $CXX"
 echo "  CXXFLAGS            = $CXXFLAGS"
 echo "  LDFLAGS             = $LDFLAGS"
+echo "  ARFLAGS       = $ARFLAGS"
 echo