Index: Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
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--- Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py	(revision 52842)
+++ Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py	(working copy)
@@ -185,9 +185,7 @@
 
         # for extensions under Cygwin and AtheOS Python's library directory must be
         # appended to library_dirs
-        if sys.platform[:6] == 'cygwin' or sys.platform[:6] == 'atheos' or \
-               (sys.platform.startswith('linux') and
-                sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')):
+        if sys.platform[:6] == 'cygwin' or sys.platform[:6] == 'atheos':
             if string.find(sys.executable, sys.exec_prefix) != -1:
                 # building third party extensions
                 self.library_dirs.append(os.path.join(sys.prefix, "lib",
@@ -197,6 +195,16 @@
                 # building python standard extensions
                 self.library_dirs.append('.')
 
+        # for extensions under Linux with a shared Python library,
+        # Python's library directory must be appended to library_dirs
+        if sys.platform.startswith('linux') and sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
+            if string.find(sys.executable, sys.exec_prefix) != -1:
+                # building third party extensions
+                self.library_dirs.append(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))
+            else:
+                # building python standard extensions
+                self.library_dirs.append('.')
+
         # The argument parsing will result in self.define being a string, but
         # it has to be a list of 2-tuples.  All the preprocessor symbols
         # specified by the 'define' option will be set to '1'.  Multiple