diff -ur libtool.old/ltdl.m4 libtool/ltdl.m4
--- libtool.old/ltdl.m4	2003-03-20 21:24:21.000000000 +0100
+++ libtool/ltdl.m4	2003-05-25 16:57:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@
     # If you are looking for one http://www.opendarwin.org/projects/dlcompat
     libltdl_cv_sys_dlopen_deplibs=yes
     ;;   
-  gnu*)
-    libltdl_cv_sys_dlopen_deplibs=yes
-    ;;
   hpux10*|hpux11*)
     libltdl_cv_sys_dlopen_deplibs=yes
     ;;
@@ -158,7 +155,7 @@
     # at 6.2 and later dlopen does load deplibs.
     libltdl_cv_sys_dlopen_deplibs=yes
     ;;
-  linux*)
+  linux* | gnu* | freebsd*-gnu*)
     libltdl_cv_sys_dlopen_deplibs=yes
     ;;
   netbsd*)
diff -ur libtool.old/ltmain.in libtool/ltmain.in
--- libtool.old/ltmain.in	2003-04-09 19:54:06.000000000 +0200
+++ libtool/ltmain.in	2003-05-25 16:59:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -1258,6 +1258,9 @@
       -l*)
 	if test "X$arg" = "X-lc" || test "X$arg" = "X-lm"; then
 	  case $host in
+	  *-*-freebsd*-gnu*)
+	    # prevent being parsed by the freebsd regexp below
+	    ;;
 	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-beos*)
 	    # These systems don't actually have a C or math library (as such)
 	    continue
@@ -1277,6 +1280,9 @@
 	  esac
 	elif test "X$arg" = "X-lc_r"; then
 	 case $host in
+	 *-*-freebsd*-gnu*)
+	   # prevent being parsed by the freebsd regexp below
+	   ;;
 	 *-*-openbsd* | *-*-freebsd*)
 	   # Do not include libc_r directly, use -pthread flag.
 	   continue
@@ -3102,6 +3108,12 @@
       if test "$build_libtool_libs" = yes; then
 	if test -n "$rpath"; then
 	  case $host in
+	  *-*-freebsd*-gnu*)
+	    # prevent being parsed by the freebsd regexp below
+	    if test $build_libtool_need_lc = "yes"; then
+	      deplibs="$deplibs -lc"
+	    fi
+	    ;;
 	  *-*-cygwin* | *-*-mingw* | *-*-pw32* | *-*-os2* | *-*-beos*)
 	    # these systems don't actually have a c library (as such)!
 	    ;;