diff -r f4e6e18cae4b Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in	Tue Mar 29 17:28:25 2011 -0700
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in	Thu Mar 31 13:09:24 2011 +0200
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@
 		$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/Modules/makexp_aix	\
 				$(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/makexp_aix;		\
 		echo "$(LIBPL)/makexp_aix";			\
-		$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/Modules/ld_so_aix	\
+		$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) Modules/ld_so_aix	\
 				$(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/ld_so_aix;		\
 		echo "$(LIBPL)/ld_so_aix";			\
 		echo; echo "See Misc/AIX-NOTES for details.";	\
diff -r f4e6e18cae4b Modules/ld_so_aix.in
--- a/Modules/ld_so_aix.in	Tue Mar 29 17:28:25 2011 -0700
+++ b/Modules/ld_so_aix.in	Thu Mar 31 13:09:24 2011 +0200
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@
   echo $usage; exit 2
 fi
 
-makexp=`dirname $0`/makexp_aix
+makexp=`dirname $0`/@srcdir@/makexp_aix
+if test ! -e "$makexp" ; then
+  makeexp=makexp_aix
+fi
 
 # Check for existence of compiler.
 CC=$1; shift
diff -r f4e6e18cae4b configure.in
--- a/configure.in	Tue Mar 29 17:28:25 2011 -0700
+++ b/configure.in	Thu Mar 31 13:09:24 2011 +0200
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@
 then
 	case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
 	AIX*)
-		BLDSHARED="\$(srcdir)/Modules/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:\$(srcdir)/Modules/python.exp"
+		BLDSHARED="Modules/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:Modules/python.exp -L\$(srcdir)"
 		LDSHARED="\$(BINLIBDEST)/config/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:\$(BINLIBDEST)/config/python.exp"
 		;;
 	BeOS*)