diff --git a/cf/version-script.m4 b/cf/version-script.m4
index 342e5ac9c..5003a716a 100644
--- a/cf/version-script.m4
+++ b/cf/version-script.m4
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ cat > conftest.c <<EOF
 int gss_init_creds(int foo) { return 0; }
 EOF
 
-  if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -shared
-                               -o conftest.so conftest.c
-                               -Wl,--version-script,conftest.map]);
+  if AC_TRY_COMMAND([$SHELL libtool --mode compile ${CC-cc} -c $CFLAGS conftest.c])  && 
+     AC_TRY_COMMAND([$SHELL libtool --mode link ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS -o libconftestlib.la -Wl,--version-script,conftest.map conftest.lo]);
   then
     rk_cv_version_script=yes
   fi
-rm -f conftest*
+rm -rf conftest* libconftest* .libs
 ])
 
 if test $rk_cv_version_script = yes ; then