Index: configure.in
===================================================================
--- configure.in	(revision 67986)
+++ configure.in	(working copy)
@@ -737,6 +737,12 @@
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=DLL_PATH=`pwd`:${DLL_PATH:-/atheos/sys/libs:/atheos/autolnk/lib}
 	  ;;
+    Darwin*)
+    	LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).dylib'
+	BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
+	RUNSHARED='DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}'
+	;;
+
   esac
 else # shared is disabled
   case $ac_sys_system in
@@ -1582,6 +1588,7 @@
 		esac
 		;;
 	CYGWIN*)   SO=.dll;;
+	Darwin*)   SO=.dylib;;
 	*)	   SO=.so;;
 	esac
 else
Index: Makefile.pre.in
===================================================================
--- Makefile.pre.in	(revision 67986)
+++ Makefile.pre.in	(working copy)
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@
 		$(LDSHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
 	fi
 
+libpython$(VERSION).dylib: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
+	 $(CC) -dynamiclib -Wl,-single_module $(LDFLAGS) -undefined dynamic_lookup -Wl,-install_name,$(prefix)/lib/libpython$(VERSION).dylib -Wl,-compatibility_version,$(VERSION) -Wl,-current_version,$(VERSION) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST); \
+		 
+
 libpython$(VERSION).sl: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
 	$(LDSHARED) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST)
 
Index: Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py	(revision 67986)
+++ Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py	(working copy)
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@
                 % (cur_target, cfg_target))
             raise DistutilsPlatformError(my_msg)
 
+    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+        g['SO'] = '.so'
+
+
     # On AIX, there are wrong paths to the linker scripts in the Makefile
     # -- these paths are relative to the Python source, but when installed
     # the scripts are in another directory.