diff --git a/c_check b/c_check
index a3b337602..dfe99350a 100644
--- a/c_check
+++ b/c_check
@@ -201,6 +201,21 @@ $architecture = zarch  if ($data =~ /ARCH_ZARCH/);
 $binformat    = bin32;
 $binformat    = bin64  if ($data =~ /BINARY_64/);
 
+$no_avx512= 0;
+if (($architecture eq "x86") || ($architecture eq "x86_64")) {
+    $code = '"vaddps %zmm1, %zmm0, %zmm0"'; 
+    print $tmpf "void main(void){ __asm__ volatile($code); }\n";
+    $args = " -o $tmpf.o -x c $tmpf";
+    my @cmd = ("$compiler_name $args");
+    system(@cmd) == 0;
+    if ($? != 0) {
+	$no_avx512 = 1;
+    } else {
+	$no_avx512 = 0;
+    }
+    unlink("tmpf.o");
+}
+
 $data = `$compiler_name -S ctest1.c && grep globl ctest1.s | head -n 1 && rm -f ctest1.s`;
 
 $data =~ /globl\s([_\.]*)(.*)/;
@@ -288,6 +303,7 @@ print MAKEFILE "CROSS=1\n" if $cross != 0;
 print MAKEFILE "CEXTRALIB=$linker_L $linker_l $linker_a\n";
 print MAKEFILE "HAVE_MSA=1\n" if $have_msa eq 1;
 print MAKEFILE "MSA_FLAGS=$msa_flags\n" if $have_msa eq 1;
+print MAKEFILE "NO_AVX512=1\n" if $no_avx512 eq 1;
 
 $os           =~ tr/[a-z]/[A-Z]/;
 $architecture =~ tr/[a-z]/[A-Z]/;