diff --git a/libs/portaudio/configure.gnu b/libs/portaudio/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e805f6844
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/portaudio/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --with-pic --disable-shared
+