diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 899b0b83c2..fbbb24d2b1 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1092,6 +1092,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([libs/libcodec2])
 if test "x${enable_zrtp}" = "xyes"; then
    AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([libs/libzrtp/projects/gnu])
 fi
+AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([libs/libwebsockets])
 
 case $host in
    *-openbsd*)
diff --git a/libs/libwebsockets/configure.gnu b/libs/libwebsockets/configure.gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53c204581f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libwebsockets/configure.gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+srcpath=$(dirname $0 2>/dev/null )  || srcpath="." 
+$srcpath/configure "$@" --disable-shared
+