--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -14426,6 +14426,7 @@
       # instead of lib<name>.a to let people know that these are not
       # typical AIX shared libraries.
       library_names_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$versuffix $libname$release$shared_ext$major $libname$shared_ext'
+      [ "${OBJECT_MODE:-32}" = '64' ] && soname_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$major(shr_64.o)' || soname_spec='$libname$release$shared_ext$major(shr.o)'
     else
       # We preserve .a as extension for shared libraries through AIX4.2
       # and later when we are not doing run time linking.