--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ### along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
 ### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.162 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.163 $)
 AC_PREREQ(2.0)
 AC_INIT(src/octave.cc)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -314,14 +314,6 @@
   WITH_SHL=false)
 AC_SUBST(WITH_SHL)
 
-if $WITH_DL || $WITH_SHL; then
-  AC_DEFINE(WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING, 1)
-  WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING=true
-else
-  WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING=false
-fi
-AC_SUBST(WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING)
-
 ### Enable creation of shared libraries.  Currently only works with
 ### gcc on some systems.
 
@@ -693,6 +685,17 @@
   AC_DEFINE(WITH_SHL, 1)
 fi
 
+### Set WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING after all the other shared library stuff
+### has been determined.
+
+if $WITH_DL || $WITH_SHL; then
+  AC_DEFINE(WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING, 1)
+  WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING=true
+else
+  WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING=false
+fi
+AC_SUBST(WITH_DYNAMIC_LINKING)
+
 ### There is more than one possible prototype for gettimeofday.  See
 ### which one (if any) appears in sys/time.h.