diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 81593bc8f8..b9255d643c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2021-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	PR binutils/26766
+	* configure.ac:
+	* configure: Regenerated.
+
 2021-01-11  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR ld/27173
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5437ef12c7..25d2fc48c6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10241,6 +10241,10 @@ if test -n "$PLUGIN_OPTION"; then
   if $RANLIB --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
     RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
   fi
+else
+  if test "$enable_pgo_build" != "no"; then
+    as_fn_error $? "AR with --plugin and rc is required for LTO build" "$LINENO" 5
+  fi
 fi
 
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9dd51c36e5..d39019d709 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3452,6 +3452,10 @@ if test -n "$PLUGIN_OPTION"; then
   if $RANLIB --help 2>&1 | grep -q "\--plugin"; then
     RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION="$PLUGIN_OPTION"
   fi
+else
+  if test "$enable_pgo_build" != "no"; then
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([AR with --plugin and rc is required for LTO build])
+  fi
 fi
 AC_SUBST(AR_PLUGIN_OPTION)
 AC_SUBST(RANLIB_PLUGIN_OPTION)