diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 60f5f5f68be..20d7199c882 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.373 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.374 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53 for python 2.3.
 #
@@ -9300,10 +9300,10 @@ then
 	NetBSD*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
-		then LDSHARED="$(CC) -shared"
-		else LDSHARED="$(CC) -G"
+		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G'
 		fi;;
-	SCO_SV*) LDSHARED="$(CC) -Wl,-G,-Bexport";;
+	SCO_SV*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -Wl,-G,-Bexport';;
 	Monterey*) LDSHARED="cc -G -dy -Bdynamic -Bexport -L/usr/lib/ia64l64";;
 	CYGWIN*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base";;
 	atheos*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared";;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index d82b0d7b6ed..f41b11d9c11 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1029,10 +1029,10 @@ then
 	NetBSD*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
-		then LDSHARED="$(CC) -shared"
-		else LDSHARED="$(CC) -G"
+		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
+		else LDSHARED='$(CC) -G'
 		fi;;
-	SCO_SV*) LDSHARED="$(CC) -Wl,-G,-Bexport";;
+	SCO_SV*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -Wl,-G,-Bexport';;
 	Monterey*) LDSHARED="cc -G -dy -Bdynamic -Bexport -L/usr/lib/ia64l64";;
 	CYGWIN*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared -Wl,--enable-auto-image-base";;
 	atheos*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared";;