diff --git a/Configurations/10-main.conf b/Configurations/10-main.conf
index 2ad53e7d1b5f6aceaeac19d209f91cdf7ab12730..ecfbc9a91b697683216987b67035b03fb917ad8a 100644
--- a/Configurations/10-main.conf
+++ b/Configurations/10-main.conf
@@ -1104,6 +1104,7 @@
         template         => 1,
         cc               => "cl",
         cflags           => "-W3 -wd4090 -Gs0 -GF -Gy -nologo -DOPENSSL_SYS_WIN32 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DL_ENDIAN -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE",
+        shared_target    => "win-shared", # meaningless except it gives Configure a hint
         dso_scheme       => "win32",
 	build_scheme     => "mk1mf",
     },