diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1794766463..01f76789b9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ EOF
     SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION='$(SLIBPREF)$(NAME)-$(LIBVERSION)$(SLIBSUF)'
     SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR='$(SLIBPREF)$(NAME)-$(LIBMAJOR)$(SLIBSUF)'
     SLIB_EXTRA_CMD="-lib /machine:i386 /def:\$(@:${SLIBSUF}=.def)"
-    FFLDFLAGS="-Wl,--output-def,\$(@:${SLIBSUF}=.def),--out-implib,lib\$(SLIBNAME:\$(SLIBSUF)=.dll.a)"
+    SHFLAGS="-shared -Wl,--output-def,\$(@:${SLIBSUF}=.def),--out-implib,lib\$(SLIBNAME:\$(SLIBSUF)=.dll.a)"
     if test "$force_prefix" != yes; then PREFIX="$PROGRAMFILES/FFmpeg"; fi
     if test "$force_libdir" != yes; then bindir='${PREFIX}'; fi
     shlibdir='${PREFIX}'