--- Ft/Lib/DistExt/BuildExt.py.orig	2006-12-29 00:09:54.000000000 +0100
+++ Ft/Lib/DistExt/BuildExt.py	2006-12-29 00:10:37.000000000 +0100
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
         if (sys.platform.startswith('linux') and
             sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')):
             libpl, ldlibrary = sysconfig.get_config_vars('LIBPL', 'LDLIBRARY')
+            if libpl not in self.library_dirs:
+                libpl = os.path.join(sys.prefix, 'lib', 'python' + sys.version[:3], 'config')
             if libpl in self.library_dirs:
                 if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(libpl, ldlibrary)):
                     self.library_dirs.remove(libpl)