diff --git a/readline/ChangeLog.gdb b/readline/ChangeLog.gdb
index 2a9a1b2651..013727da6b 100644
--- a/readline/ChangeLog.gdb
+++ b/readline/ChangeLog.gdb
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-07-25  Patrick Palka  <patrick@parcs.ath.cx>
+
+	* configure.ac: Default opt_shared_libs to no.
+	* configure: Regenerate.
+
 2015-07-25  Patrick Palka  <patrick@parcs.ath.cx>
 
 	Import readline 7.0 alpha
diff --git a/readline/configure b/readline/configure
index 3af8fbe1a3..813e3797e4 100755
--- a/readline/configure
+++ b/readline/configure
@@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ fi
 
 opt_multibyte=yes
 opt_static_libs=yes
-opt_shared_libs=yes
+opt_shared_libs=no
 
 # Check whether --enable-multibyte was given.
 if test "${enable_multibyte+set}" = set; then :
diff --git a/readline/configure.ac b/readline/configure.ac
index 42e21fa475..b4fa645e86 100644
--- a/readline/configure.ac
+++ b/readline/configure.ac
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ fi
 dnl option parsing for optional features
 opt_multibyte=yes
 opt_static_libs=yes
-opt_shared_libs=yes
+opt_shared_libs=no
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(multibyte, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-multibyte], [enable multibyte characters if OS supports them]), opt_multibyte=$enableval)
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(shared, AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-shared], [build shared libraries [[default=YES]]]), opt_shared_libs=$enableval)