diff --git a/configure b/configure
index eaf822a5b7c..8ca3fe0b1a7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 78819 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 78962 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.7.
 #
@@ -14860,7 +14860,7 @@ then
 	FreeBSD*)
 		if [ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
 		then
-			LDSHARED="$(CC) -shared ${LDFLAGS}"
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared ${LDFLAGS}'
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 20e54fca056..31f51ef3196 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1829,7 +1829,7 @@ then
 	FreeBSD*)
 		if [[ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]]
 		then
-			LDSHARED="$(CC) -shared ${LDFLAGS}"
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared ${LDFLAGS}'
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;