diff --git a/configure b/configure
index ee3ff28ed37..959979fdc9a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 78818 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 78821 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 3.2.
 #
@@ -14728,7 +14728,7 @@ then
 	FreeBSD*)
 		if [ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
 		then
-			LDSHARED="$CC -shared ${LDFLAGS}"
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared ${LDFLAGS}'
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 415a35f41c0..de788fbe448 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ then
 	FreeBSD*)
 		if [[ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]]
 		then
-			LDSHARED="$CC -shared ${LDFLAGS}"
+			LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared ${LDFLAGS}'
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;