diff --git a/configs/configure.arch b/configs/configure.arch
index b7a6e6ff81..0a0501746c 100755
--- a/configs/configure.arch
+++ b/configs/configure.arch
@@ -2,18 +2,53 @@
 set -x
 where=`dirname $0`
 srcdir=`(cd $where/..; pwd)`
+
+# need --enable-maintainer-mode to be able to run in place
+#      must be disabled to build an installable package
+
+# *FLAGS are what Arch Linux makepkg uses with the exception
+#      that -Wall -Werror is added
+
+case "`uname -m`" in
+	i686)
+		CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE"
+		CFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+		CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+		LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro"
+		DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
+		DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
+	;;
+	x86_64)
+		CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2"
+		CFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+		CXXFLAGS="-march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4"
+		LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1,--sort-common,--as-needed,-z,relro"
+		DEBUG_CFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
+		DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="-g -fvar-tracking-assignments"
+	;;
+esac
+
 # use native tools for arch
 $srcdir/configure \
 	WFLAGS='-Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-system-headers -Wno-endif-labels' \
+	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS" \
+	CFLAGS="-Wall -Werror $CFLAGS" \
+	CXXFLAGS="-Wall -Werror $CXXFLAGS" \
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
+	DEBUG_CFLAGS="$DEBUG_CFLAGS" \
+	DEBUG_CXXFLAGS="$DEBUG_CXXFLAGS" \
 	syslibdir=/usr/lib \
 	sysbindir=/usr/bin \
 	syssbindir=/usr/bin \
+	--enable-maintainer-mode \
+	--enable-dependency-tracking \
+	--prefix=/usr \
 	--libdir=/usr/lib \
+	--sysconfdir=/etc \
 	--bindir=/usr/bin \
 	--sbindir=/usr/bin \
 	--libexecdir=/usr/lib \
 	--docdir=/usr/share/doc/openss7 \
-	--enable-maintainer-mode \
 	--disable-sysvinit \
 	--disable-k-abi-support \
 	--disable-k-weak-symbols \