--- configure.orig	Mon Aug  2 17:01:03 1999
+++ configure	Thu Nov  2 16:45:14 2000
@@ -4716,6 +4716,12 @@ if test "$ac_cv_func_dlopen" = "yes" -o 
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fpic"
 		PRELOADS="LD_PRELOAD"
 		;;
+	OpenBSD*)
+		SHLIB_LD=gcc
+		SHLIB_LFLAGS="-shared -fpic"
+		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fpic"
+		PRELOADS="LD_PRELOAD"
+		;;
 	SunOS*4.*)
  		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-P"
 		SHLIB_LFLAGS="-dp -assert pure-text -assert nodefinitions"
@@ -4763,7 +4769,7 @@ if test "$ac_cv_func_dlopen" = "yes" -o 
 		UNIX_SV*|UNIX_System_V*)
 			SHLIB_CFLAGS=
 			;;
-		FreeBSD*|NetBSD*)
+		FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*)
 			;;
 		*)
 			SHLIB_LD="gcc"