1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d862f94c..c45d0cd0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ ac_subst_vars='am__EXEEXT_FALSE
 am__EXEEXT_TRUE
 LTLIBOBJS
 subdirs
+GAWKLIBEXT
 LIBMPFR
 LIBREADLINE
 SOCKET_LIBS
@@ -10854,9 +10855,11 @@ ac_config_headers="$ac_config_headers config.h:configh.in"
 
 
 case $acl_shlibext in
-dylib)	acl_shlibext=so ;;	# force it
+dylib)	GAWKLIBEXT=so ;;	# MacOS uses .dylib for shared libraries, but libtool uses .so for modules
+*) GAWKLIBEXT=$acl_shlibext ;;
 esac
 
+
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile awklib/Makefile doc/Makefile po/Makefile.in test/Makefile"