diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 02c1145..e28a8cd 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -715,8 +715,8 @@ case "$host" in
   hp*|HP*)
 	if test ! "$GCC" = "yes"; then
 		CCSHARED="+z";
+  		LDSHARED="-b"
 	fi
-  	LDSHARED="-b"
   	;;
   *cygwin*)
   	CCSHARED="-DUSE_DL_IMPORT"