--- Configure.orig	2009-11-04 11:09:08.934965499 +0100
+++ Configure	2009-11-04 11:13:19.055305854 +0100
@@ -7617,7 +7617,7 @@
 			cat <<EOM
 You appear to have ELF support.  I'll use $cc to build dynamic libraries.
 EOM
-			dflt="$cc"
+			dflt="$cc $optimize"
 		else
 			echo "I'll use ld to build dynamic libraries."
 			dflt='ld'