diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c6db93af1f..657bfbf6e4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -13204,6 +13204,50 @@ EOF
                                           
 else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+echo $ac_n "checking for dld in -lshl_load""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:13209: checking for dld in -lshl_load" >&5
+ac_lib_var=`echo shl_load'_'dld | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+  ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
+LIBS="-lshl_load  $LIBS"
+cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 13217 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
+/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
+    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+char dld();
+
+int main() {
+dld()
+; return 0; }
+EOF
+if { (eval echo configure:13228: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
+else
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
+
+fi
+if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_lib_'$ac_lib_var`\" = yes"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
+  
+                                                            HAVE_SHL_FUNCS=1
+                                                            LIBS="$LIBS -ldld"
+                                                         
+else
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+fi
+
+                                          
 fi
 done
 
@@ -13412,17 +13456,17 @@ if test "$wxUSE_DRAG_AND_DROP" = "yes" ; then
 do
 ac_safe=`echo "$ac_hdr" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_hdr""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:13416: checking for $ac_hdr" >&5
+echo "configure:13460: checking for $ac_hdr" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 13421 "configure"
+#line 13465 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <$ac_hdr>
 EOF
 ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
-{ (eval echo configure:13426: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+{ (eval echo configure:13470: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
 ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
 if test -z "$ac_err"; then
   rm -rf conftest*
@@ -13974,7 +14018,7 @@ SAMPLES_SUBDIRS="`echo $SAMPLES_SUBDIRS | tr -s ' ' | tr ' ' '\n' | sort | uniq
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:13978: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}" >&5
+echo "configure:14022: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}" >&5
 set dummy ${MAKE-make}; ac_make=`echo "$2" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_make_${ac_make}_set'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index bde4a0e0f9..9db50cf051 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3109,6 +3109,13 @@ if test "$wxUSE_DYNLIB_CLASS" = "yes"; then
                                           [
                                             AC_DEFINE(HAVE_SHL_LOAD)
                                             HAVE_SHL_FUNCS=1
+                                          ],
+                                          [
+                                            AC_CHECK_LIB(shl_load, dld,
+                                                         [
+                                                            HAVE_SHL_FUNCS=1
+                                                            LIBS="$LIBS -ldld"
+                                                         ])
                                           ])
                         ])
         ])