diff --git a/c_check b/c_check
index 7ee183163..4d12c1674 100755
--- a/c_check
+++ b/c_check
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ if [ "$architecture" = "arm64" ]; then
     no_sve=0
     {
         $compiler_name $flags $args >/dev/null 2>&1
+    } || {
+        args=" -Msve_intrinsics -c -o $tmpf.o $tmpf"
+        $compiler_name $flags $args >/dev/null 2>&1
     } || {
         no_sve=1
     }