diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5dcaab14ae99..77638bc84a61 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8646,7 +8646,7 @@ fi
 # Check whether --enable-host-shared was given.
 if test "${enable_host_shared+set}" = set; then :
   enableval=$enable_host_shared; host_shared=$enableval
- case $target in
+ case $host in
    x86_64-*-darwin* | aarch64-*-darwin*)
      if test x$host_shared != xyes ; then
        # PIC is the default, and actually cannot be switched off.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 85977482aeeb..7abd02f8b56d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(host-shared,
 [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-host-shared],
 		[build host code as shared libraries])],
 [host_shared=$enableval
- case $target in
+ case $host in
    x86_64-*-darwin* | aarch64-*-darwin*)
      if test x$host_shared != xyes ; then
        # PIC is the default, and actually cannot be switched off.