diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 392e37f592..e9b9b114c2 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ Tools/Demos
 Build
 -----
 
+- OpenBSD 3.9 is now supported.
+
 - Test for sys/statvfs.h before including it, as statvfs is present
   on some OSX installation, but its header file is not.
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8c74671958..701ac82fc6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 43618 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 46011 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.4.
 #
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
   # On OpenBSD, select(2) is not available if _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined,
   # even though select is a POSIX function. Reported by J. Ribbens.
   # Reconfirmed for OpenBSD 3.3 by Zachary Hamm, for 3.4 by Jason Ish.
-  OpenBSD/2.* | OpenBSD/3.[012345678])
+  OpenBSD/2.* | OpenBSD/3.[0123456789])
     define_xopen_source=no;;
   # On Solaris 2.6, sys/wait.h is inconsistent in the usage
   # of union __?sigval. Reported by Stuart Bishop.
@@ -10386,13 +10386,27 @@ then
 		;;
 	Linux*|GNU*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared';;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared";;
-	OpenBSD*|FreeBSD*)
+	FreeBSD*)
 		if [ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
 		then
 			LDSHARED="$CC -shared ${LDFLAGS}"
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
+	OpenBSD*)
+		if [ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
+		then
+				LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared $(CCSHARED) ${LDFLAGS}'
+		else
+				case `uname -r` in
+				[01].* | 2.[0-7] | 2.[0-7].*)
+				   LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
+				   ;;
+				*)
+				   LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared $(CCSHARED) ${LDFLAGS}'
+				   ;;
+				esac
+		fi;;
 	NetBSD*|DragonFly*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 30284b4686..4a75be89ad 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
   # On OpenBSD, select(2) is not available if _XOPEN_SOURCE is defined,
   # even though select is a POSIX function. Reported by J. Ribbens.
   # Reconfirmed for OpenBSD 3.3 by Zachary Hamm, for 3.4 by Jason Ish.
-  OpenBSD/2.* | OpenBSD/3.@<:@012345678@:>@) 
+  OpenBSD/2.* | OpenBSD/3.@<:@0123456789@:>@) 
     define_xopen_source=no;;
   # On Solaris 2.6, sys/wait.h is inconsistent in the usage
   # of union __?sigval. Reported by Stuart Bishop.
@@ -1385,13 +1385,27 @@ then
 		;;
 	Linux*|GNU*) LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared';;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) LDSHARED="gcc -shared";;
-	OpenBSD*|FreeBSD*)
+	FreeBSD*)
 		if [[ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]]
 		then
 			LDSHARED="$CC -shared ${LDFLAGS}"
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
+	OpenBSD*)
+		if [[ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]]
+		then
+				LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared $(CCSHARED) ${LDFLAGS}'
+		else
+				case `uname -r` in
+				[[01]].* | 2.[[0-7]] | 2.[[0-7]].*)
+				   LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
+				   ;;
+				*)
+				   LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared $(CCSHARED) ${LDFLAGS}'
+				   ;;
+				esac
+		fi;;
 	NetBSD*|DragonFly*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"