diff --git a/source/configure.in b/source/configure.in
index 155c03ec08a..7cbfe0efa6b 100644
--- a/source/configure.in
+++ b/source/configure.in
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ case "$host_os" in
         *sunos*) AC_DEFINE(SUNOS4)
                 LDSHFLAGS=""
 		;;
+        *bsd*) AC_DEFINE(BSD)
+                LDSHFLAGS="-shared -Bshareable"
+		;;
         *irix*) AC_DEFINE(IRIX)
 		WRAP32=bin/smbwrapper.32.so
 		;;