Index: Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py =================================================================== --- Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py (revision 74905) +++ Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py (working copy) @@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ cmd.distribution.package_dir = {'': 'src'} cmd.distribution.packages = ['lxml', 'lxml.html'] curdir = os.getcwd() - wanted = os.path.join(curdir, 'src', 'lxml', 'etree.so') + ext = sysconfig.get_config_var("SO") + wanted = os.path.join(curdir, 'src', 'lxml', 'etree' + ext) path = cmd.get_ext_fullpath('lxml.etree') self.assertEquals(wanted, path)