--- ./libtool.m4.in.orig	Tue Jul 17 12:50:08 2007
+++ ./libtool.m4.in	Tue Jul 17 12:50:13 2007
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@
   ;;
 
 freebsd*)
-  objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo aout`
+  objformat=`test -x /usr/bin/objformat && /usr/bin/objformat || echo elf`
   version_type=freebsd-$objformat
   case $version_type in
     freebsd-elf*)