diff -r 2e1335245f8f Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py	Sun Sep 22 22:46:49 2013 +1000
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py	Sun Sep 22 23:36:48 2013 +1000
@@ -242,11 +242,10 @@
                 # building python standard extensions
                 self.library_dirs.append('.')
 
-        # for extensions under Linux or Solaris with a shared Python library,
+        # For building extensions with a shared Python library,
         # Python's library directory must be appended to library_dirs
-        sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')
-        if (sys.platform.startswith(('linux', 'gnu', 'sunos'))
-            and sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')):
+        # See Issues: #1600860, #4366
+        if (sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')):
             if sys.executable.startswith(os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "bin")):
                 # building third party extensions
                 self.library_dirs.append(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))