diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7cd80fd670..610041944f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2899,7 +2899,7 @@ enabled extra_warnings && check_cflags -Winline
 check_ldflags -Wl,--warn-common
 check_ldflags -Wl,--as-needed
 check_ldflags '-Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libpostproc -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libswscale -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavfilter -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavdevice -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavformat -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavcodec -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavcore -Wl,-rpath-link,\$(BUILD_ROOT)/libavutil'
-check_ldflags -Wl,-Bsymbolic
+test_ldflags -Wl,-Bsymbolic && append SHFLAGS -Wl,-Bsymbolic
 
 echo "X{};" > $TMPV
 if test_ldflags -Wl,--version-script,$TMPV; then