--- configure.orig	Wed Nov  8 15:14:56 2006
+++ configure	Wed Nov  8 15:16:36 2006
@@ -3426,7 +3426,7 @@
 echo $ECHO_N "checking how to enable static linking for certain libraries... $ECHO_C" >&6
 ldversion=`ld -V 2>&1 | head -1`
 ostype=`uname -s`
-if echo $ldversion | egrep "GNU|Solaris" > /dev/null; then
+if echo $ldversion | egrep "Solaris" > /dev/null; then
         LD_START_STATIC="-Wl,-Bstatic"
         LD_END_STATIC="-Wl,-Bdynamic"
         echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: GNU or Solaris" >&5
@@ -3441,6 +3441,11 @@
         LD_END_STATIC="-Wl,-bdynamic"
         echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: AIX" >&5
 echo "${ECHO_T}AIX" >&6
+elif test "$ostype" = "FreeBSD"; then
+        LD_START_STATIC=""
+        LD_END_STATIC=""
+        echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: FreeBSD" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}FreeBSD" >&6
 else
         LD_START_STATIC=""
         LD_END_STATIC=""