diff --git a/libs/apr-util/configure.gnu b/libs/apr-util/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..649c29553e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/apr-util/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --with-apr=../apr --disable-shared