diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1e59c461..09a0c436 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -590,10 +590,12 @@ tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--no-undefined
 # versions built without shared library support and pcc are broken.
 tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--exclude-libs=ALL
 
-# Linking with -Bsymbolic-functions is no longer mandatory for
-# the dynamic linker to work, but enable it if it works as
-# a linking optimization.
-tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions
+# Public data symbols must be interposable to allow for copy
+# relocations, but otherwise we want to bind symbols at libc link
+# time to eliminate startup relocations and PLT overhead. Use
+# --dynamic-list rather than -Bsymbolic-functions for greater
+# control over what symbols are left unbound.
+tryldflag LDFLAGS_AUTO -Wl,--dynamic-list="$srcdir/dynamic.list"
 
 # Find compiler runtime library
 test -z "$LIBCC" && tryldflag LIBCC -lgcc && tryldflag LIBCC -lgcc_eh
diff --git a/dynamic.list b/dynamic.list
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b4f2366
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dynamic.list
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+environ;
+__environ;
+
+stdin;
+stdout;
+stderr;
+
+timezone;
+daylight;
+tzname;
+__timezone;
+__daylight;
+__tzname;
+
+signgam;
+__signgam;
+
+optarg;
+optind;
+opterr;
+optreset;
+__optreset;
+
+getdate_err;
+
+h_errno;
+
+program_invocation_name;
+program_invocation_short_name;
+__progname;
+__progname_full;
+
+__stack_chk_guard;
+};