diff --git a/configure b/configure
index dff8b227eaa6b042423a28b3a65052373f4b9ead..b6b54c49f03fdc888d970b3185030bcdc0a46197 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4332,7 +4332,7 @@ case "$UNAME" in
     CXX="CC"
     CC="cc"
     OPTIM="-O2"
-        FLAGS="-mips3 -n32 -LANG:std -OPT:Olimit=0 -DOLDCINCLUDE ${FLAGS}"
+            FLAGS="-LANG:std -OPT:Olimit=0 -DOLDCINCLUDE ${FLAGS}"
     AR="CC -mips3 -n32 -ar -o"
     LINKER="CC -O2 -mips3 -n32"
     ;;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 782f30322c63da1fe322387b82c083763a611590..6957f535c868e65d5f2c7952f16e551390053900 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.65 2005-06-07 03:34:09 geuzaine Exp $
+dnl $Id: configure.in,v 1.66 2005-06-20 17:00:23 geuzaine Exp $
 dnl
 dnl Copyright (C) 1997-2005 C. Geuzaine, J.-F. Remacle
 dnl
@@ -385,8 +385,9 @@ case "$UNAME" in
     CXX="CC"
     CC="cc"
     OPTIM="-O2"
-    dnl -DOLDCINCLUDE is for Netgen
-    FLAGS="-mips3 -n32 -LANG:std -OPT:Olimit=0 -DOLDCINCLUDE ${FLAGS}"
+    dnl "-DOLDCINCLUDE" is for Netgen
+    dnl Add "-mips3 -n32" to FLAGS, AR and LINKER for portable 32 bit binary
+    FLAGS="-LANG:std -OPT:Olimit=0 -DOLDCINCLUDE ${FLAGS}"
     AR="CC -mips3 -n32 -ar -o"
     LINKER="CC -O2 -mips3 -n32"
     ;;