diff -r dad1debba93c Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py	Mon Oct 21 14:46:34 2013 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py	Wed Oct 23 17:39:01 2013 +0530
@@ -352,8 +352,10 @@
             self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(Python_h), Python_h)
             self.assertTrue(sysconfig._is_python_source_dir(srcdir))
         elif os.name == 'posix':
-            self.assertEqual(os.path.dirname(sysconfig.get_makefile_filename()),
-                                srcdir)
+            # Issue 19340
+            makefile_dir = os.path.dirname(sysconfig.get_makefile_filename())
+            makefile_dir = os.path.realpath(makefile_dir)
+            self.assertEqual(makefile_dir, srcdir)
 
     def test_srcdir_independent_of_cwd(self):
         # srcdir should be independent of the current working directory