diff --git a/bsd-user/syscall.c b/bsd-user/syscall.c
index 0d45b654bb..d38ec7a162 100644
--- a/bsd-user/syscall.c
+++ b/bsd-user/syscall.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ abi_long do_freebsd_syscall(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
 
     switch(num) {
     case TARGET_FREEBSD_NR_exit:
-#ifdef TARGET_GPROF
+#ifdef CONFIG_GPROF
         _mcleanup();
 #endif
         gdb_exit(cpu_env, arg1);
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ abi_long do_netbsd_syscall(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
 
     switch(num) {
     case TARGET_NETBSD_NR_exit:
-#ifdef TARGET_GPROF
+#ifdef CONFIG_GPROF
         _mcleanup();
 #endif
         gdb_exit(cpu_env, arg1);
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ abi_long do_openbsd_syscall(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
 
     switch(num) {
     case TARGET_OPENBSD_NR_exit:
-#ifdef TARGET_GPROF
+#ifdef CONFIG_GPROF
         _mcleanup();
 #endif
         gdb_exit(cpu_env, arg1);
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 115dc38085..16f94cd96b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6771,6 +6771,9 @@ fi
 if test "$l2tpv3" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_L2TPV3=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
+if test "$gprof" = "yes" ; then
+  echo "CONFIG_GPROF=y" >> $config_host_mak
+fi
 if test "$cap_ng" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_LIBCAP_NG=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
@@ -7951,7 +7954,6 @@ alpha)
 esac
 
 if test "$gprof" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "TARGET_GPROF=y" >> $config_target_mak
   if test "$target_linux_user" = "yes" ; then
     cflags="-p $cflags"
     ldflags="-p $ldflags"
diff --git a/linux-user/exit.c b/linux-user/exit.c
index a362ef67d2..1594015444 100644
--- a/linux-user/exit.c
+++ b/linux-user/exit.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "qemu.h"
-#ifdef TARGET_GPROF
+#ifdef CONFIG_GPROF
 #include <sys/gmon.h>
 #endif
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern void __gcov_dump(void);
 
 void preexit_cleanup(CPUArchState *env, int code)
 {
-#ifdef TARGET_GPROF
+#ifdef CONFIG_GPROF
         _mcleanup();
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_GCOV
diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index 5ca6d62b15..02f860ecb9 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ void signal_init(void)
     act.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
     act.sa_sigaction = host_signal_handler;
     for(i = 1; i <= TARGET_NSIG; i++) {
-#ifdef TARGET_GPROF
+#ifdef CONFIG_GPROF
         if (i == SIGPROF) {
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/tests/check-block.sh b/tests/check-block.sh
index 679aedec50..ad320c21ba 100755
--- a/tests/check-block.sh
+++ b/tests/check-block.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if [ "$#" -ne 0 ]; then
     format_list="$@"
 fi
 
-if grep -q "TARGET_GPROF=y" *-softmmu/config-target.mak 2>/dev/null ; then
+if grep -q "CONFIG_GPROF=y" config-host.mak 2>/dev/null ; then
     echo "GPROF is enabled ==> Not running the qemu-iotests."
     exit 0
 fi