diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 77c1d6a2..6249e592 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ VOID = /dev/null
 
 # thread detection
 NO_THREAD_MSG := ==> no threads, building without multithreading support
-HAVE_PTHREAD := $(shell printf '\#include <pthread.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }' | $(CC) $(FLAGS) -o have_pthread$(EXT) -x c - -pthread 2> $(VOID) && rm have_pthread$(EXT) && echo 1 || echo 0)
+HAVE_PTHREAD := $(shell printf '\#include <pthread.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }' > have_pthread.c && $(CC) $(FLAGS) -o have_pthread$(EXT) have_pthread.c -pthread 2> $(VOID) && rm have_pthread$(EXT) && echo 1 || echo 0; rm have_pthread.c)
 HAVE_THREAD := $(shell [ "$(HAVE_PTHREAD)" -eq "1" -o -n "$(filter Windows%,$(OS))" ] && echo 1 || echo 0)
 ifeq ($(HAVE_THREAD), 1)
 THREAD_MSG := ==> building with threading support
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ endif
 
 # zlib detection
 NO_ZLIB_MSG := ==> no zlib, building zstd without .gz support
-HAVE_ZLIB := $(shell printf '\#include <zlib.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }' | $(CC) $(FLAGS) -o have_zlib$(EXT) -x c - -lz 2> $(VOID) && rm have_zlib$(EXT) && echo 1 || echo 0)
+HAVE_ZLIB := $(shell printf '\#include <zlib.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }' > have_zlib.c && $(CC) $(FLAGS) -o have_zlib$(EXT) have_zlib.c -lz 2> $(VOID) && rm have_zlib$(EXT) && echo 1 || echo 0; rm have_zlib.c)
 ifeq ($(HAVE_ZLIB), 1)
 ZLIB_MSG := ==> building zstd with .gz compression support
 ZLIBCPP = -DZSTD_GZCOMPRESS -DZSTD_GZDECOMPRESS
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ endif
 
 # lzma detection
 NO_LZMA_MSG := ==> no liblzma, building zstd without .xz/.lzma support
-HAVE_LZMA := $(shell printf '\#include <lzma.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }' | $(CC) $(FLAGS) -o have_lzma$(EXT) -x c - -llzma 2> $(VOID) && rm have_lzma$(EXT) && echo 1 || echo 0)
+HAVE_LZMA := $(shell printf '\#include <lzma.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }' > have_lzma.c && $(CC) $(FLAGS) -o have_lzma$(EXT) have_lzma.c -llzma 2> $(VOID) && rm have_lzma$(EXT) && echo 1 || echo 0; rm have_lzma.c)
 ifeq ($(HAVE_LZMA), 1)
 LZMA_MSG := ==> building zstd with .xz/.lzma compression support
 LZMACPP = -DZSTD_LZMACOMPRESS -DZSTD_LZMADECOMPRESS
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ endif
 
 # lz4 detection
 NO_LZ4_MSG := ==> no liblz4, building zstd without .lz4 support
-HAVE_LZ4 := $(shell printf '\#include <lz4frame.h>\n\#include <lz4.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }' | $(CC) $(FLAGS) -o have_lz4$(EXT) -x c - -llz4 2> $(VOID) && rm have_lz4$(EXT) && echo 1 || echo 0)
+HAVE_LZ4 := $(shell printf '\#include <lz4frame.h>\n\#include <lz4.h>\nint main(void) { return 0; }' > have_lz4.c && $(CC) $(FLAGS) -o have_lz4$(EXT) have_lz4.c -llz4 2> $(VOID) && rm have_lz4$(EXT) && echo 1 || echo 0; rm have_lz4.c)
 ifeq ($(HAVE_LZ4), 1)
 LZ4_MSG := ==> building zstd with .lz4 compression support
 LZ4CPP = -DZSTD_LZ4COMPRESS -DZSTD_LZ4DECOMPRESS