diff -ru a/config/python.m4 b/config/python.m4
--- a/config/python.m4	2011-08-17 10:46:12.000000000 +0100
+++ b/config/python.m4	2011-08-17 12:04:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([Python configuration directory])
 python_majorversion=`${PYTHON} -c "import sys; print(sys.version[[0]])"`
 python_version=`${PYTHON} -c "import sys; print(sys.version[[:3]])"`
-python_configdir=`${PYTHON} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib as f; import os; print(os.path.join(f(plat_specific=1,standard_lib=1),'config'))"`
+python_configdir=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LIBPL'))))"`
 python_includespec=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig; print('-I'+distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc())"`
 
 AC_SUBST(python_majorversion)[]dnl
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 python_ldlibrary=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LDLIBRARY'))))"`
 python_so=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('SO'))))"`
 ldlibrary=`echo "${python_ldlibrary}" | sed "s/${python_so}$//"`
+python_ldversion=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LDVERSION'))))"`
 
 if test x"${python_libdir}" != x"" -a x"${python_ldlibrary}" != x"" -a x"${python_ldlibrary}" != x"${ldlibrary}"
 then
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@
 else
 	# Old way: use libpython from python_configdir
 	python_libdir="${python_configdir}"
-	python_libspec="-L${python_libdir} -lpython${python_version}"
+	python_libspec="-L${python_libdir} -lpython${python_ldversion}"
 fi
 
 python_additional_libs=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LIBS','LIBC','LIBM','BASEMODLIBS'))))"`
diff -ru a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure	2011-08-17 10:46:12.000000000 +0100
+++ b/configure	2011-08-17 12:05:11.000000000 +0100
@@ -7242,7 +7242,7 @@
 $as_echo_n "checking Python configuration directory... " >&6; }
 python_majorversion=`${PYTHON} -c "import sys; print(sys.version[0])"`
 python_version=`${PYTHON} -c "import sys; print(sys.version[:3])"`
-python_configdir=`${PYTHON} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib as f; import os; print(os.path.join(f(plat_specific=1,standard_lib=1),'config'))"`
+python_configdir=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LIBPL'))))"`
 python_includespec=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig; print('-I'+distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc())"`
 
 # This should be enough of a message.
@@ -7256,6 +7256,7 @@
 python_libdir=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LIBDIR'))))"`
 python_ldlibrary=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LDLIBRARY'))))"`
 python_so=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('SO'))))"`
+python_ldversion=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LDVERSION'))))"`
 ldlibrary=`echo "${python_ldlibrary}" | sed "s/${python_so}$//"`
 
 if test x"${python_libdir}" != x"" -a x"${python_ldlibrary}" != x"" -a x"${python_ldlibrary}" != x"${ldlibrary}"
@@ -7266,7 +7267,7 @@
 else
 	# Old way: use libpython from python_configdir
 	python_libdir="${python_configdir}"
-	python_libspec="-L${python_libdir} -lpython${python_version}"
+	python_libspec="-L${python_libdir} -lpython${python_ldversion}"
 fi
 
 python_additional_libs=`${PYTHON} -c "import distutils.sysconfig,string; print(' '.join(filter(None,distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars('LIBS','LIBC','LIBM','BASEMODLIBS'))))"`