--- a/tclconfig/tcl.m4
+++ b/tclconfig/tcl.m4
@@ -1634,20 +1634,15 @@ dnl AC_CHECK_TOOL(AR, ar)
 	    SHLIB_LD="${CC} -shared"
 	    TCL_SHLIB_LD_EXTRAS="-soname \$[@]"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
-	    LDFLAGS=""
+	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    AS_IF([test $doRpath = yes], [
-		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'
-		LD_SEARCH_FLAGS='-rpath ${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'])
+		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'])
+	    LD_SEARCH_FLAGS=${CC_SEARCH_FLAGS}
 	    AS_IF([test "${TCL_THREADS}" = "1"], [
 		# The -pthread needs to go in the LDFLAGS, not LIBS
 		LIBS=`echo $LIBS | sed s/-pthread//`
 		CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $PTHREAD_CFLAGS"
 		LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $PTHREAD_LIBS"])
-	    # Version numbers are dot-stripped by system policy.
-	    TCL_TRIM_DOTS=`echo ${VERSION} | tr -d .`
-	    UNSHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}.a'
-	    SHARED_LIB_SUFFIX='${TCL_TRIM_DOTS}\$\{DBGX\}.so.1'
-	    TCL_LIB_VERSIONS_OK=nodots
 	    ;;
 	Darwin-*)
 	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-Os"