diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9b9b10eb..283e32ac 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 
 	* README.CVS: Updated.
 
-	* builds/unix/configure.raw: Updated for newer versions of autoconf
-	and friends.
+	* builds/unix/configure.raw, builds/unix/freetype-config.in: Updated
+	for newer versions of autoconf and friends.
 
 2008-06-08  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
 
diff --git a/builds/unix/configure.raw b/builds/unix/configure.raw
index 7839e013..1d8a5133 100644
--- a/builds/unix/configure.raw
+++ b/builds/unix/configure.raw
@@ -510,8 +510,7 @@ LT_INIT(win32-dll)
 
 AC_SUBST([hardcode_libdir_flag_spec])
 AC_SUBST([wl])
-# urgh -- this is an internal libtool variable...
-AC_SUBST([enable_shared])
+AC_SUBST([build_libtool_libs])
 
 
 # configuration file -- stay in 8.3 limit
diff --git a/builds/unix/freetype-config.in b/builds/unix/freetype-config.in
index 57f0f956..a3435222 100644
--- a/builds/unix/freetype-config.in
+++ b/builds/unix/freetype-config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 #
-# Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 by
+# Copyright 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 by
 # David Turner, Robert Wilhelm, and Werner Lemberg.
 #
 # This file is part of the FreeType project, and may only be used, modified,
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
 exec_prefix_set=no
 includedir=@includedir@
 libdir=@libdir@
-enable_shared=@enable_shared@
+enable_shared=@build_libtool_libs@
 wl=@wl@
 hardcode_libdir_flag_spec='@hardcode_libdir_flag_spec@'