diff --git a/libs/codec/ilbc/configure.gnu b/libs/codec/ilbc/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d649f28e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/codec/ilbc/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --disable-shared
diff --git a/libs/curl/configure.gnu b/libs/curl/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bdf0f9da9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/curl/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --without-libidn --disable-shared --with-pic
diff --git a/libs/iax/configure.gnu b/libs/iax/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23a04bd521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/iax/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --enable-newjb --disable-shared
+
diff --git a/libs/js/configure.gnu b/libs/js/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f94c1b2dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/js/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --with-pic --with-nspr=yes
diff --git a/libs/js/nsprpub/configure.gnu b/libs/js/nsprpub/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d42e604b80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/js/nsprpub/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --with-pic
diff --git a/libs/libsndfile/configure.gnu b/libs/libsndfile/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..733dec7f8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libsndfile/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --disable-sqlite --disable-shared --with-pic
+
diff --git a/libs/speex/configure.gnu b/libs/speex/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd7048bd67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/speex/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --disable-shared --with-pic
diff --git a/libs/xmlrpc-c/configure.gnu b/libs/xmlrpc-c/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96efafd6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/xmlrpc-c/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+./configure "$@" --disable-cplusplus --disable-wininet-client --disable-libwww-client --disable-shared --with-pic