--- configure.orig
+++ configure
@@ -2485,10 +2485,10 @@
 	FreeBSD-*)
 	    # FreeBSD 3.* and greater have ELF.
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-	    SHLIB_LD="ld -Bshareable -x"
+	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
 	    SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
-	    LDFLAGS="-export-dynamic"
+	    LDFLAGS="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
 	    if test "${GRASS_THREADS}" = "1" ; then