diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e7604dc6ff0..d9aa84c6138 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10263,6 +10263,17 @@ case "${target}" in
   mep*)
     FLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$FLAGS_FOR_TARGET -mlibrary"
     ;;
+  # The VxWorks support for shared libraries is getting in
+  # incrementally.  Make sure it doesn't get activated implicitly:
+  *vxworks*)
+    if test "${enable_shared-unset}" = unset ; then
+      enable_shared=no
+      # So the build of libraries knows ...
+      target_configargs="${target_configargs} --disable-shared"
+      # So gcc knows ...
+      host_configargs="${host_configargs} --disable-shared"
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 # Makefile fragments.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3cfd9b41fca..2cff32e300e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3440,6 +3440,17 @@ case "${target}" in
   mep*)
     FLAGS_FOR_TARGET="$FLAGS_FOR_TARGET -mlibrary"
     ;;
+  # The VxWorks support for shared libraries is getting in
+  # incrementally.  Make sure it doesn't get activated implicitly:
+  *vxworks*)
+    if test "${enable_shared-unset}" = unset ; then
+      enable_shared=no
+      # So the build of libraries knows ...
+      target_configargs="${target_configargs} --disable-shared"
+      # So gcc knows ...
+      host_configargs="${host_configargs} --disable-shared"
+    fi
+    ;;
 esac
 
 # Makefile fragments.