diff --git a/gprofng/libcollector/configure b/gprofng/libcollector/configure
index 687a6eeda5d..52d9892fadd 100755
--- a/gprofng/libcollector/configure
+++ b/gprofng/libcollector/configure
@@ -15471,7 +15471,8 @@ fi
 
 
 if test "$enable_shared" != "yes"; then
-  as_fn_error $? "Cannot set --enable-shared for gprofng/libcollector." "$LINENO" 5
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: Cannot set --enable-shared for gprofng/libcollector. Profiling will be unavailable." >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: Cannot set --enable-shared for gprofng/libcollector. Profiling will be unavailable." >&2;}
 fi
 
 GPROFNG_VARIANT=unknown
diff --git a/gprofng/libcollector/configure.ac b/gprofng/libcollector/configure.ac
index 6b6c5c03e27..2e67e740c9e 100644
--- a/gprofng/libcollector/configure.ac
+++ b/gprofng/libcollector/configure.ac
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ AC_ENABLE_SHARED
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC
 
 if test "$enable_shared" != "yes"; then
-  AC_MSG_ERROR([Cannot set --enable-shared for gprofng/libcollector.])
+  AC_MSG_WARN([Cannot set --enable-shared for gprofng/libcollector. Profiling will be unavailable.])
 fi
 
 GPROFNG_VARIANT=unknown