diff --git a/x11/aclocal.m4 b/x11/aclocal.m4
index 6ab0e8f2..bbb3c190 100644
--- a/x11/aclocal.m4
+++ b/x11/aclocal.m4
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ case "$target" in
 		SYS_DEFS="-DSUNOS -DSUNOS_STRTOD_BUG"
 		LD_RXLIB1="ld"
 		;;
-	*linux*|*atheos*|*nto-qnx*)
+	*linux*|*atheos*|*nto-qnx*|*openbsd*)
 		LD_RXLIB1="${CC} -shared"
 		;;
 	*freebsd*)