--- libmad-0.15.1b/configure.ac	2009-11-09 13:28:45.000000000 -0600
+++ libmad-0.15.1b/configure.ac	2009-10-13 16:51:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
     then
 	case "$host" in
 	    i386-*)           ;;
-	    i?86-*)           arch="-march=i486" ;;
+	    i?86-apple-*)     ;; #for universal binary
+	    i?86-*)           ;;
 	    arm*-empeg-*)     arch="-march=armv4 -mtune=strongarm1100" ;;
 	    armv4*-*)         arch="-march=armv4 -mtune=strongarm" ;;
 	    powerpc-*)        ;;
@@ -172,6 +173,13 @@
 		    optimize="$optimize -fstrength-reduce"
 		    optimize="$optimize -finline-functions"
 		    ;;
+		i?86-apple-*) #for universal binary
+		    # this triggers an internal compiler error with gcc2
+		    : #optimize="$optimize -fstrength-reduce"
+
+		    # this is really only beneficial with gcc3
+		    : #optimize="$optimize -finline-functions"
+		    ;;
 		i?86-*)
 		    optimize="$optimize -fstrength-reduce"
 		    ;;