diff -r 89873f3b18fd Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in	Wed Nov 06 20:25:50 2013 -0800
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in	Thu Nov 07 08:56:12 2013 +0100
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@
 		$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/Modules/makexp_aix	\
 				$(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/makexp_aix;		\
 		echo "$(LIBPL)/makexp_aix";			\
-		$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(srcdir)/Modules/ld_so_aix	\
+		$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(abs_builddir)/Modules/ld_so_aix	\
 				$(DESTDIR)$(LIBPL)/ld_so_aix;		\
 		echo "$(LIBPL)/ld_so_aix";			\
 		echo; echo "See Misc/AIX-NOTES for details.";	\
diff -r 89873f3b18fd Modules/ld_so_aix.in
--- a/Modules/ld_so_aix.in	Wed Nov 06 20:25:50 2013 -0800
+++ b/Modules/ld_so_aix.in	Thu Nov 07 08:56:12 2013 +0100
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 fi
 
 makexp=`dirname $0`/makexp_aix
+test -x "${makexp}" || makexp="@abs_srcdir@/makexp_aix"
 
 # Check for existence of compiler.
 CC=$1; shift
diff -r 89873f3b18fd configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Wed Nov 06 20:25:50 2013 -0800
+++ b/configure.ac	Thu Nov 07 08:56:12 2013 +0100
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@
 then
 	case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
 	AIX*)
-		BLDSHARED="\$(srcdir)/Modules/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:\$(srcdir)/Modules/python.exp"
+		BLDSHARED="\$(abs_builddir)/Modules/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:\$(abs_builddir)/Modules/python.exp"
 		LDSHARED="\$(BINLIBDEST)/config/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:\$(BINLIBDEST)/config/python.exp"
 		;;
 	IRIX/5*) LDSHARED="ld -shared";;