diff --git a/configure b/configure
index bc27fb09fe..0ac61329b3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3104,6 +3104,17 @@ EOF
     die "Sanity test failed."
 fi
 
+armasm_flags(){
+    for flag; do
+        case $flag in
+            # Filter out MSVC cl.exe options from cflags that shouldn't
+            # be passed to gas-preprocessor
+            -M[TD]*)                                            ;;
+            *)                  echo $flag                      ;;
+        esac
+   done
+}
+
 ccc_flags(){
     for flag; do
         case $flag in
@@ -3397,6 +3408,7 @@ probe_cc(){
         _ident=$($_cc | head -n1)
         # 4509: "This form of conditional instruction is deprecated"
         _flags="-nologo -ignore 4509"
+        _flags_filter=armasm_flags
     elif $_cc 2>&1 | grep -q Microsoft; then
         _type=msvc
         _ident=$($cc 2>&1 | head -n1)