diff --git a/lib/des/Makefile.in b/lib/des/Makefile.in
index 0490c0248..6793b195f 100644
--- a/lib/des/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/des/Makefile.in
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ DEFS = @DEFS@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 LD_FLAGS = @LD_FLAGS@
 
-PICFLAGS = @PICFLAGS@
-
 INSTALL = @INSTALL@
 INSTALL_DATA	= @INSTALL_DATA@
 MKDIRHIER = @top_srcdir@/mkdirhier-sh
@@ -29,6 +27,7 @@ PICFLAGS = @PICFLAGS@
 LIBNAME = libdes
 LIBEXT = @LIBEXT@
 SHLIBEXT = @SHLIBEXT@
+SHARED = @SHARED@
 LIB = $(LIBNAME).$(LIBEXT)
 
 # Generated with lorder *.o | tsort | xargs echo
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@ $(LIBNAME).a: $(LIBOBJ)
 
 $(LIBNAME).$(SHLIBEXT): $(LIBOBJ)
 	rm -f $@
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $(LIBOBJ)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@ $(LIBOBJ)
 
 destest: destest.o
 	$(CC) $(LD_FLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ destest.o -L. -ldes
diff --git a/lib/kafs/Makefile.in b/lib/kafs/Makefile.in
index abdb3f96e..f71c9b873 100644
--- a/lib/kafs/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/kafs/Makefile.in
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ PICFLAGS = @PICFLAGS@
 LIBNAME = libkafs
 LIBEXT = @LIBEXT@
 SHLIBEXT = @SHLIBEXT@
+SHARED = @SHARED@
 AFS_EXTRA_LIBS	= @AFS_EXTRA_LIBS@
 LIB = $(LIBNAME).$(LIBEXT) $(AFS_EXTRA_LIBS)
 
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ $(LIBNAME).a: $(OBJECTS) @AFS_EXTRA_OBJS@
 
 $(LIBNAME).$(SHLIBEXT): $(OBJECTS)
 	rm -f $@
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $(OBJECTS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@ $(OBJECTS)
 
 # AIX: this almost works with gcc, but somehow it fails to use the
 # correct ld, use ld instead
diff --git a/lib/roken/Makefile.in b/lib/roken/Makefile.in
index d3f72c43e..2adc2b6bd 100644
--- a/lib/roken/Makefile.in
+++ b/lib/roken/Makefile.in
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ LIBNAME = libroken
 #LIBEXT = @LIBEXT@ Always build archive library and don't install!
 LIBEXT = a
 SHLIBEXT = @SHLIBEXT@
+SHARED = @SHARED@
 LIB = $(LIBNAME).$(LIBEXT)
 
-
 OBJECTS = k_getpwnam.o signal.o tm2time.o verify.o inaddr2str.o @LIBOBJS@
 
 all: $(LIB)
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ $(LIBNAME).a: $(OBJECTS)
 
 $(LIBNAME).$(SHLIBEXT): $(OBJECTS)
 	rm -f $@
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) -shared -o $@ $(OBJECTS) -L../../util/et -lcom_err
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(PICFLAGS) $(SHARED) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) -L../../util/et -lcom_err
 
 $(OBJECTS): ../../config.h