diff --git a/src/util/kfrags/ChangeLog b/src/util/kfrags/ChangeLog
index 8032ea1868..7959ad9409 100644
--- a/src/util/kfrags/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/util/kfrags/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Thu Oct 31 12:39:42 1996  Ezra Peisach  <epeisach@kangaroo.mit.edu>
 
+	* shared.conf: Add for compiling with shared libraries
+
 	* base.conf: Add "uname" for config.guess
 
 Tue Nov  1 20:19:17 1994  Theodore Y. Ts'o  (tytso@dcl)
diff --git a/src/util/kfrags/shared.conf b/src/util/kfrags/shared.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba5bb74c28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/kfrags/shared.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# For shared libraries
+SHARED=true
+# ld is needed on the Alpha.
+ld