diff --git a/package/base/glibc23/glibc23.conf b/package/base/glibc23/glibc23.conf
index a6fb05314..70efddbce 100644
--- a/package/base/glibc23/glibc23.conf
+++ b/package/base/glibc23/glibc23.conf
@@ -131,9 +131,17 @@ glibc_prepatch() {
 
 glibc_stage0() {
 	mkdir -p objdir; cd objdir
-	eval "../configure --enable-add-ons"$ADDONS" ${confopt% --target=*}" \
-	                   "--build=\$arch_build --host=\$arch_target"
-               
+
+	confopt="${confopt% --target=*}"
+
+	var_append confopt " " "--enable-add-ons --build=\$arch_build \
+	                        --host=\$arch_target"
+
+	# due to assembler check - and we do not yet have as ...
+	[ $arch = hppa ] && var_append confopt " " "--enable-hacker-mode"
+
+	eval "../configure --enable-add-ons"$ADDONS" $confopt"
+
 	make -k cross-compiling=yes install-headers || true
 
 	# make some final adaptions