diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e3babd3909a..52645bb44ff 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2646,7 +2646,7 @@ if test "x$enable_llvm" = xyes; then
     LLVM_LIBS="`$LLVM_CONFIG --libs ${LLVM_COMPONENTS}`"
 
     if test "x$enable_llvm_shared_libs" = xyes; then
-        if test $LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR -lt 4; then
+        if test $LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR -lt 4 -o "`$LLVM_CONFIG --shared-mode ${LLVM_COMPONENTS}`" = static; then
             dnl llvm-config may not give the right answer when llvm is a built as a
             dnl single shared library, so we must work the library name out for
             dnl ourselves.