diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 097527b8cc0..d5fc7920ee1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -8643,7 +8643,7 @@ 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.
@@ -8653,7 +8653,7 @@ if test "${enable_host_shared+set}" = set; then :
   *) ;;
  esac
 else
-  case $target in
+  case $host in
   x86_64-*-darwin* | aarch64-*-darwin*) host_shared=yes ;;
   *) host_shared=no ;;
  esac
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f941b81af7f..dcea067759d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(host-shared,
 [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-host-shared],
 		[build host code as shared libraries])],
 [host_shared=$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.
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(host-shared,
      fi ;;
   *) ;;
  esac],
-[case $target in
+[case $host in
   x86_64-*-darwin* | aarch64-*-darwin*) host_shared=yes ;;
   *) host_shared=no ;;
  esac])