diff --git a/bin/tests/system/dlzexternal/Makefile.in b/bin/tests/system/dlzexternal/Makefile.in
index 69cbffb184..11b2d0acd7 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/dlzexternal/Makefile.in
+++ b/bin/tests/system/dlzexternal/Makefile.in
@@ -48,11 +48,8 @@ dlopen@EXEEXT@: ${DLOPENOBJS}
 	${LIBTOOL_MODE_LINK} ${PURIFY} ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} \
 		-o $@ ${DLOPENOBJS} ${LIBS}
 
-driver.@O@: driver.c
-	${PURIFY} ${CC} ${ALL_CFLAGS} -o driver.@O@ -c driver.c
-
 driver.@SO@: ${SO_OBJS}
-	@SO_LD@ -o $@ driver.@O@ 
+	${LIBTOOL_MODE_LINK} @SO_LD@ -o $@ driver.@O@ 
 
 clean distclean::
 	rm -f ${TARGETS}
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2469431ed3..a297b3089c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -19621,7 +19621,11 @@ if test "$dlopen" = "yes"; then
 			SO_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 			if test "$have_dl" = "yes"
 			then
-				SO_LD="${CC} -shared"
+				if test "$use_libtool" = "yes"; then
+					SO_LD="${CC} -Xcompiler -shared"
+				else
+					SO_LD="${CC} -shared"
+				fi
 			else
 				SO_LD="ld -shared"
 			fi
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 02e5ddec01..2926f55250 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3397,7 +3397,11 @@ if test "$dlopen" = "yes"; then
 			SO_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 			if test "$have_dl" = "yes"
 			then
-				SO_LD="${CC} -shared"
+				if test "$use_libtool" = "yes"; then
+					SO_LD="${CC} -Xcompiler -shared"
+				else
+					SO_LD="${CC} -shared"
+				fi
 			else
 				SO_LD="ld -shared"
 			fi