1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/config b/config
index f57969bb44..d85fbde3aa 100755
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ TEST="false"
 for i
 do
 case "$i" in 
+# shared library support (behnke@trustcenter.de)
+-shared) SHARED=true;;
 -d*) PREFIX="debug-";;
 -t*) TEST="true";;
 -h*) TEST="true"; cat <<EOF
@@ -476,6 +478,16 @@ then
   options="$options -DATALLA"
 fi
 
+#get some basic shared lib support (behnke@trustcenter.de)
+case "$OUT" in
+   solaris-*-gcc)
+	if  [ "$SHARED" = "true" ] 
+	 then
+	  options="$options -DPIC -fPIC"
+        fi
+     ;;
+esac
+
 # gcc < 2.8 does not support -mcpu=ultrasparc
 if [ "$OUT" = solaris-sparcv9-gcc -a $GCCVER -lt 28 ]
 then