diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 617a1209ee5..1915713ec5d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2713,6 +2713,19 @@ PRE_OBJS_FLAGS  := -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,-whole-archive
 POST_OBJS_FLAGS := -Wl,-no-whole-archive
 '
 		;;
+	irix*)
+		_plugin_prefix="lib"
+		_plugin_suffix=".so"
+		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fpic"
+		LIBS="$LIBS -ldl"
+_mak_plugins='
+PLUGIN_EXTRA_DEPS =
+PLUGIN_LDFLAGS  += -shared -static-libgcc
+PRE_OBJS_FLAGS  := -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,-whole-archive
+POST_OBJS_FLAGS := -Wl,-no-whole-archive
+'
+		;;
+
 	linux*)
 		_plugin_prefix="lib"
 		_plugin_suffix=".so"