diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
index ccc9aea5d..00f1320ca 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.Common.hpux-parisc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ POSIX_LDLIBS_NO +=
 
 OP_SYS_CPPFLAGS = -D_HPUX_SOURCE -DHP_UX
 
+SHARED_LIBRARIES=YES
 SHRLIB_SUFFIX = .sl$(addprefix .,$(SHRLIB_VERSION))
 
 ifdef CROSS