--- configure.orig	2016-12-19 22:46:53.655870000 +1000
+++ configure	2016-12-19 23:30:23.597923000 +1000
@@ -6649,7 +6649,7 @@
     lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=8192;
     ;;
 
-  netbsd* | freebsd* | openbsd* | darwin* | dragonfly*)
+  netbsd* | bsdsunix* | freebsd* | openbsd* | darwin* | dragonfly*)
     # This has been around since 386BSD, at least.  Likely further.
     if test -x /sbin/sysctl; then
       lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=`/sbin/sysctl -n kern.argmax`
@@ -7084,6 +7084,20 @@
   lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
   ;;
 
+bsdsunix*)
+  if echo __ELF__ | $CC -E - | $GREP __ELF__ > /dev/null; then
+    case $host_cpu in
+    i*86 )
+      lt_cv_deplibs_check_method='file_magic (BSDSUniX)/i[3-9]86 (compact )?demand paged shared library'
+      lt_cv_file_magic_cmd=/usr/bin/file
+      lt_cv_file_magic_test_file=`echo /usr/lib/libc.so.*`
+      ;;
+    esac
+  else
+    lt_cv_deplibs_check_method=pass_all
+  fi
+  ;;
+
 freebsd* | dragonfly*)
   if echo __ELF__ | $CC -E - | $GREP __ELF__ > /dev/null; then
     case $host_cpu in
@@ -10933,7 +10947,7 @@
       ;;
 
     # FreeBSD 3 and greater uses gcc -shared to do shared libraries.
-    freebsd* | dragonfly*)
+    bsdsunix* | freebsd* | dragonfly*)
       archive_cmds='$CC -shared $pic_flag -o $lib $libobjs $deplibs $compiler_flags'
       hardcode_libdir_flag_spec='-R$libdir'
       hardcode_direct=yes
@@ -11897,6 +11911,17 @@
   shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   ;;
 
+bsdsunix*)
+  version_type=bsdsunix-elf
+  library_names_spec='${libname}${release}${shared_ext}$versuffix ${libname}${release}${shared_ext}$major $libname${shared_ext}'
+  soname_spec='${libname}${release}${shared_ext}$major'
+  need_version=no
+  need_lib_prefix=no
+  shlibpath_var=LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+  shlibpath_overrides_runpath=yes
+  hardcode_into_libs=yes
+  ;;
+
 freebsd* | dragonfly*)
   # DragonFly does not have aout.  When/if they implement a new
   # versioning mechanism, adjust this.
@@ -13754,7 +13779,7 @@
 
     os_type="linux"
   ;;
-  *-*-*darwin*|*-*-dragonfly*|*-*-freebsd*|*-*-netbsd*|*-*-openbsd*)
+  *-*-*darwin*|*-*-dragonfly*|*-*-bsdsunix*|*-*-freebsd*|*-*-netbsd*|*-*-openbsd*)
 
 $as_echo "#define OS_BSD 1" >>confdefs.h