--- ncurses-5.9/src/configure.orig	2013-08-21 02:51:59.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-5.9.p2/src/configure	2013-08-21 02:53:23.000000000 +0000
@@ -5719,7 +5719,7 @@
 		cf_cv_shared_soname='`basename $@`'
 	fi
 
-		MK_SHARED_LIB='${LD} -shared -Bshareable -soname=`basename $@` -o $@'
+		MK_SHARED_LIB='${CC} -shared -Bshareable -soname=`basename $@` -o $@'
 		;;
 	netbsd*) #(vi
 		CC_SHARED_OPTS="$CC_SHARED_OPTS -DPIC"
