diff --git a/lib/VMCore/Makefile b/lib/VMCore/Makefile
index 7a01f4cb3c3..6bae97f3094 100644
--- a/lib/VMCore/Makefile
+++ b/lib/VMCore/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@
 ##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
 LEVEL = ../..
 LIBRARYNAME = LLVMCore
+
+include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.config
+ifeq ($(ARCH),Alpha)
 BUILD_ARCHIVE = 1
+endif
 
 include $(LEVEL)/Makefile.common