src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go | 8 ++++----

diff --git a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
index 381022081b7bf07d62084e77da3ca739922c83ff..023410512c9d1bdcec776513646eb4238fe18123 100644
--- a/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
+++ b/src/cmd/link/internal/ld/lib.go
@@ -1252,19 +1252,19 @@ 	// issue #17847. To avoid this problem pass -no-pie to the
 	// toolchain if it is supported.
 	if Buildmode == BuildmodeExe {
 		src := filepath.Join(*flagTmpdir, "trivial.c")
-		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(src, []byte{}, 0666); err != nil {
+		if err := ioutil.WriteFile(src, []byte("int main() { return 0; }"), 0666); err != nil {
 			Errorf(nil, "WriteFile trivial.c failed: %v", err)
 		}
 
 		// GCC uses -no-pie, clang uses -nopie.
 		for _, nopie := range []string{"-no-pie", "-nopie"} {
-			cmd := exec.Command(argv[0], "-c", nopie, "trivial.c")
+			cmd := exec.Command(argv[0], nopie, "trivial.c")
 			cmd.Dir = *flagTmpdir
 			cmd.Env = append([]string{"LC_ALL=C"}, os.Environ()...)
-			out, _ := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+			out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 			// GCC says "unrecognized command line option ‘-no-pie’"
 			// clang says "unknown argument: '-no-pie'"
-			supported := !bytes.Contains(out, []byte("unrecognized")) && !bytes.Contains(out, []byte("unknown"))
+			supported := err == nil && !bytes.Contains(out, []byte("unrecognized")) && !bytes.Contains(out, []byte("unknown"))
 			if supported {
 				argv = append(argv, nopie)
 				break