diff --git a/Templates/configure b/Templates/configure
index 56c4e8b71..a15b6b25d 100755
--- a/Templates/configure
+++ b/Templates/configure
@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@ fi
 	CMAKE_SHLIB_LD_LIBS=""
 	CMAKE_SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	CMAKE_DL_LIBS=""
-	CMAKE_SHLIB_BUILD_FLAGS='-shared -Wl,-expect_unresolved,"*"'
+	CMAKE_SHLIB_BUILD_FLAGS='-shared -Wl,-expect_unresolved,\*'
 	CMAKE_SHLIB_LINK_FLAGS=''
         CMAKE_SHLIB_RUNTIME_FLAG="-Wl,-rpath,"
         CMAKE_SHLIB_RUNTIME_SEP=":"
diff --git a/Templates/configure.in b/Templates/configure.in
index 01a2d020b..d1ec182c5 100644
--- a/Templates/configure.in
+++ b/Templates/configure.in
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ case $system in
 	CMAKE_SHLIB_LD_LIBS=""
 	CMAKE_SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	CMAKE_DL_LIBS=""
-	CMAKE_SHLIB_BUILD_FLAGS='-shared -Wl,-expect_unresolved,"*"'
+	CMAKE_SHLIB_BUILD_FLAGS='-shared -Wl,-expect_unresolved,\*'
 	CMAKE_SHLIB_LINK_FLAGS=''
         CMAKE_SHLIB_RUNTIME_FLAG="-Wl,-rpath,"
         CMAKE_SHLIB_RUNTIME_SEP=":"