--- source/configure.in	2006-03-24 15:11:07.000000000 +0100
+++ source/configure.in	2006-03-24 14:42:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -1605,6 +1605,8 @@
 			LDSHFLAGS="-Wl,-G,-bexpall"
 			DYNEXP="-Wl,-brtl,-bexpall,-bbigtoc"
 			PICFLAGS="-O2"
+			SHLIBEXT="a"
+			PICSUFFIX="a"
 			if test "${GCC}" != "yes"; then
 				## for funky AIX compiler using strncpy()
 				CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_LINUX_SOURCE_COMPAT -qmaxmem=32000"