diff -r f2715985987e -r 343c4ea489d5 common/autoconf/flags.m4
--- a/common/autoconf/flags.m4	Mon Apr 06 01:58:35 2020 +0100
+++ b/common/autoconf/flags.m4	Thu Feb 20 14:05:38 2020 -0800
@@ -747,7 +747,11 @@
       LDFLAGS_JDKEXE="$LDFLAGS_JDKEXE -Xlinker --allow-shlib-undefined"
     fi
     if test "x$TOOLCHAIN_TYPE" = xgcc; then
-      LDFLAGS_JDKEXE="$LDFLAGS_JDKEXE -pie"
+      # Enabling pie on 32 bit builds prevents the JVM from allocating a continuous
+      # java heap.
+      if test "x$OPENJDK_TARGET_CPU_BITS" != "x32"; then
+        LDFLAGS_JDKEXE="$LDFLAGS_JDKEXE -pie"
+      fi
     fi
   fi
   AC_SUBST(LDFLAGS_JDKLIB)