diff --git a/configure.com b/configure.com
index 2f86aac69f91..e30a728130b3 100644
--- a/configure.com
+++ b/configure.com
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ $ extra_flags = ""
 $ user_c_flags = ""
 $ use_ieee_math = "y"
 $ be_case_sensitive = "n"
-$ shorten_long_symbols = "n"
+$ shorten_long_symbols = "y"
 $ unlink_all_versions = "n"
 $ builder = "MMK"
 $ use_vmsdebug_perl = "n"