diff --git a/libiberty/ChangeLog b/libiberty/ChangeLog
index 20fc2840e8f..3cf9c0bad2f 100644
--- a/libiberty/ChangeLog
+++ b/libiberty/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat May 16 14:01:26 1998  Jeffrey A Law  (law@cygnus.com)
+
+	* config.table: Add line to set enable_shared in the Makefile
+	as needed.
+
 Wed May 13 14:24:38 1998  Kaveh R. Ghazi  <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu>
 
 	* cplus-dem.c (squangle_mop_up): Change return type to void.
diff --git a/libiberty/config.table b/libiberty/config.table
index 07f4baf8b06..063f3839e74 100644
--- a/libiberty/config.table
+++ b/libiberty/config.table
@@ -43,5 +43,12 @@ for frag in ${frags}; do
   fi
 done
 
+# record if we want to build shared libs.
+if [ "${shared}" = "yes" ]; then
+  echo enable_shared = yes >> temp-frag
+else
+  echo enable_shared = no >> temp-frag
+fi
+
 frag=xhost-mkfrag
 ${CONFIG_SHELL} ${libiberty_topdir}/move-if-change temp-frag xhost-mkfrag