diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 40062cdf6bf..d246b2ada35 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.40 
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.41 
 
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.10 
@@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@ echo $ac_n "checking LINKFORSHARED""... $ac_c" 1>&6
 if test -z "$LINKFORSHARED"
 then
 	case $ac_sys_system in
-	AIX*)	LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-bE:python.exp";;
+	AIX*)	LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-bE:python.exp -lld";;
 	hp*|HP*)
 	    LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-E -Wl,+s -Wl,+b\$(BINLIBDEST)/sharedmodules";;
 	Linux*) LINKFORSHARED="-rdynamic";;