diff -r 535b349ddc43 -r 099ca34d54ac Makefile.pre.in
--- a/Makefile.pre.in	Tue Jun 03 15:54:34 2014 +0200
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in	Tue Jun 03 15:59:01 2014 +0200
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@
 BLDSHARED=	@BLDSHARED@ $(PY_LDFLAGS)
 LDCXXSHARED=	@LDCXXSHARED@
 DESTSHARED=	$(BINLIBDEST)/lib-dynload
+# list of exported symbols for AIX
+EXPORTSYMS=	@EXPORTSYMS@
 
 # Executable suffix (.exe on Windows and Mac OS X)
 EXE=		@EXEEXT@
@@ -532,7 +534,7 @@
 	$(RUNSHARED) $(PYTHON_FOR_BUILD) ./Tools/clinic/clinic.py --make
 
 # Build the interpreter
-$(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY) $(PY3LIBRARY)
+$(BUILDPYTHON):	Modules/python.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY) $(PY3LIBRARY) $(EXPORTSYMS)
 	$(LINKCC) $(PY_LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) -o $@ Modules/python.o $(BLDLIBRARY) $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)
 
 platform: $(BUILDPYTHON) pybuilddir.txt
@@ -587,6 +589,10 @@
 libpython$(VERSION).sl: $(LIBRARY_OBJS)
 	$(LDSHARED) -o $@ $(LIBRARY_OBJS) $(MODLIBS) $(SHLIBS) $(LIBC) $(LIBM) $(LDLAST)
 
+# list of exported symbols for AIX
+Modules/python.exp: $(LIBRARY)
+	$(srcdir)/Modules/makexp_aix $@ . $?
+
 # Copy up the gdb python hooks into a position where they can be automatically
 # loaded by gdb during Lib/test/test_gdb.py
 #
@@ -658,7 +664,7 @@
 		echo "-----------------------------------------------"; \
 	fi
 
-Modules/_testembed: Modules/_testembed.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY) $(PY3LIBRARY)
+Modules/_testembed: Modules/_testembed.o $(LIBRARY) $(LDLIBRARY) $(PY3LIBRARY) $(EXPORTSYMS)
 	$(LINKCC) $(PY_LDFLAGS) $(LINKFORSHARED) -o $@ Modules/_testembed.o $(BLDLIBRARY) $(LIBS) $(MODLIBS) $(SYSLIBS) $(LDLAST)
 
 ############################################################################
diff -r 535b349ddc43 -r 099ca34d54ac configure
--- a/configure	Tue Jun 03 15:54:34 2014 +0200
+++ b/configure	Tue Jun 03 15:59:01 2014 +0200
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@
 RANLIB
 USE_INLINE
 GNULD
+EXPORTSYMS
 LINKCC
 LDVERSION
 RUNSHARED
@@ -5444,8 +5445,6 @@
 # If CXX is set, and if it is needed to link a main function that was
 # compiled with CXX, LINKCC is CXX instead. Always using CXX is undesirable:
 # python might then depend on the C++ runtime
-# This is altered for AIX in order to build the export list before
-# linking.
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking LINKCC" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking LINKCC... " >&6; }
@@ -5453,13 +5452,6 @@
 then
 	LINKCC='$(PURIFY) $(MAINCC)'
 	case $ac_sys_system in
-	AIX*)
-	   exp_extra="\"\""
-	   if test $ac_sys_release -ge 5 -o \
-		   $ac_sys_release -eq 4 -a `uname -r` -ge 2 ; then
-	       exp_extra="."
-	   fi
-	   LINKCC="\$(srcdir)/Modules/makexp_aix Modules/python.exp $exp_extra \$(LIBRARY); $LINKCC";;
 	QNX*)
 	   # qcc must be used because the other compilers do not
 	   # support -N.
@@ -5469,6 +5461,22 @@
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $LINKCC" >&5
 $as_echo "$LINKCC" >&6; }
 
+# EXPORTSYMS holds the list of exported symbols for AIX.
+
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking EXPORTSYMS" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking EXPORTSYMS... " >&6; }
+case $ac_sys_system in
+AIX*)
+	if test -z "$EXPORTSYMS"; then
+		EXPORTSYMS="Modules/python.exp"
+	fi
+	;;
+*)
+	EXPORTSYMS= ;;
+esac
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $EXPORTSYMS" >&5
+$as_echo "$EXPORTSYMS" >&6; }
+
 # GNULD is set to "yes" if the GNU linker is used.  If this goes wrong
 # make sure we default having it set to "no": this is used by
 # distutils.unixccompiler to know if it should add --enable-new-dtags
@@ -8655,6 +8663,7 @@
 $as_echo "$CCSHARED" >&6; }
 # LINKFORSHARED are the flags passed to the $(CC) command that links
 # the python executable -- this is only needed for a few systems
+# Make-targets using $(LINKFORSHARED) need to depend on $(EXPORTSYMS) for AIX.
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking LINKFORSHARED" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking LINKFORSHARED... " >&6; }
 if test -z "$LINKFORSHARED"
diff -r 535b349ddc43 -r 099ca34d54ac configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Tue Jun 03 15:54:34 2014 +0200
+++ b/configure.ac	Tue Jun 03 15:59:01 2014 +0200
@@ -833,21 +833,12 @@
 # If CXX is set, and if it is needed to link a main function that was
 # compiled with CXX, LINKCC is CXX instead. Always using CXX is undesirable:
 # python might then depend on the C++ runtime
-# This is altered for AIX in order to build the export list before 
-# linking.
 AC_SUBST(LINKCC)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(LINKCC)
 if test -z "$LINKCC"
 then
 	LINKCC='$(PURIFY) $(MAINCC)'
 	case $ac_sys_system in
-	AIX*)
-	   exp_extra="\"\""
-	   if test $ac_sys_release -ge 5 -o \
-		   $ac_sys_release -eq 4 -a `uname -r` -ge 2 ; then
-	       exp_extra="."
-	   fi
-	   LINKCC="\$(srcdir)/Modules/makexp_aix Modules/python.exp $exp_extra \$(LIBRARY); $LINKCC";;
 	QNX*)
 	   # qcc must be used because the other compilers do not
 	   # support -N.
@@ -856,6 +847,20 @@
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT($LINKCC)
 
+# EXPORTSYMS holds the list of exported symbols for AIX.
+AC_SUBST(EXPORTSYMS)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(EXPORTSYMS)
+case $ac_sys_system in
+AIX*)
+	if test -z "$EXPORTSYMS"; then
+		EXPORTSYMS="Modules/python.exp"
+	fi
+	;;
+*)
+	EXPORTSYMS= ;;
+esac
+AC_MSG_RESULT($EXPORTSYMS)
+
 # GNULD is set to "yes" if the GNU linker is used.  If this goes wrong
 # make sure we default having it set to "no": this is used by
 # distutils.unixccompiler to know if it should add --enable-new-dtags
@@ -2129,6 +2134,7 @@
 AC_MSG_RESULT($CCSHARED)
 # LINKFORSHARED are the flags passed to the $(CC) command that links
 # the python executable -- this is only needed for a few systems
+# Make-targets using $(LINKFORSHARED) need to depend on $(EXPORTSYMS) for AIX.
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(LINKFORSHARED)
 if test -z "$LINKFORSHARED"
 then