diff --git a/config_host.mk.in b/config_host.mk.in
index d62afe8e796f..bcebdb669e29 100644
--- a/config_host.mk.in
+++ b/config_host.mk.in
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ export LIBXML_JAR=@LIBXML_JAR@
 export LIBXML_LIBS=$(gb_SPACE)@LIBXML_LIBS@
 export LIBXSLT_CFLAGS=$(gb_SPACE)@LIBXSLT_CFLAGS@
 export LIBXSLT_LIBS=$(gb_SPACE)@LIBXSLT_LIBS@
+@x_LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST@ export LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST=@LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST@
 @x_Cygwin@ export LS=@WIN_LS@
 export MACOSX_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER=@MACOSX_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER@
 export MACOSX_CODESIGNING_IDENTITY=@MACOSX_CODESIGNING_IDENTITY@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 62052bb63a58..00fd6d7a50b4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -13570,6 +13570,15 @@ fi
 
 AC_SUBST(LO_PATH)
 
+# Allow to pass LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST from autogen.input to bin/check-elf-dynamic-objects:
+if test "$LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST" = x || test "${LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST-x}" != x; then
+    x_LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST=
+else
+    x_LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST=[\#]
+fi
+AC_SUBST(x_LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST)
+AC_SUBST(LO_ELFCHECK_ALLOWLIST)
+
 libo_FUZZ_SUMMARY
 
 # Generate a configuration sha256 we can use for deps