diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a276f847be..8c30cb8687 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4225.	[port]		freebsd/openbsd:  Use '${CC} -shared' for building
+			shared libraries. [RT #39557]
+
 4221.	[bug]		Resource leak on DNS_R_NXDOMAIN in fctx_create.
 			[RT #40583]
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b5c8f0f120..c1425f1e09 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21022,7 +21022,12 @@ if test "$dlopen" = "yes"; then
 				SO_LD="ld"
 			fi
 			;;
-		*-freebsd*|*-openbsd*|*-netbsd*)
+		*-freebsd*|*-openbsd*)
+			SO_CFLAGS="-fpic"
+			SO_LDFLAGS="-shared"
+			SO_LD="${CC}"
+			;;
+		*-netbsd*)
 			SO_CFLAGS="-fpic"
 			SO_LDFLAGS="-Bshareable -x"
 			SO_LD="ld"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 8fe8f3eba3..deea6f562c 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -4433,7 +4433,12 @@ if test "$dlopen" = "yes"; then
 				SO_LD="ld"
 			fi
 			;;
-		*-freebsd*|*-openbsd*|*-netbsd*)
+		*-freebsd*|*-openbsd*)
+			SO_CFLAGS="-fpic"
+			SO_LDFLAGS="-shared"
+			SO_LD="${CC}"
+			;;
+		*-netbsd*)
 			SO_CFLAGS="-fpic"
 			SO_LDFLAGS="-Bshareable -x"
 			SO_LD="ld"