Index: Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py =================================================================== --- Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py (revision 86847) +++ Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py (working copy) @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ library_dirs=ext.library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs=ext.runtime_library_dirs, extra_postargs=extra_args, - export_symbols=self.get_export_symbols(ext), + export_symbols=ext.export_symbols, debug=self.debug, build_temp=self.build_temp, target_lang=language)