diff --git a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
index b7df394..4bb53c9 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -875,9 +875,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv) {
     def library_filename(self, libname, lib_type='static',     # or 'shared'
                          strip_dir=0, output_dir=''):
         assert output_dir is not None
-        if lib_type not in ("static", "shared", "dylib"):
+        if lib_type not in ("static", "shared", "dylib", "xcode_stub"):
             raise ValueError(
-                  "'lib_type' must be \"static\", \"shared\" or \"dylib\"")
+                  "'lib_type' must be \"static\", \"shared\", \"dylib\", or \"xcode_stub\"")
         fmt = getattr(self, lib_type + "_lib_format")
         ext = getattr(self, lib_type + "_lib_extension")
 
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
index 094a2f0..a814c5d 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
     static_lib_extension = ".a"
     shared_lib_extension = ".so"
     dylib_lib_extension = ".dylib"
+    xcode_stub_lib_extension = ".tbd"
     static_lib_format = shared_lib_format = dylib_lib_format = "lib%s%s"
+    xcode_stub_lib_format = dylib_lib_format
     if sys.platform == "cygwin":
         exe_extension = ".exe"
 
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
     def find_library_file(self, dirs, lib, debug=0):
         shared_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='shared')
         dylib_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='dylib')
+        xcode_stub_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='xcode_stub')
         static_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='static')
 
         if sys.platform == 'darwin':
@@ -274,6 +277,7 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
             shared = os.path.join(dir, shared_f)
             dylib = os.path.join(dir, dylib_f)
             static = os.path.join(dir, static_f)
+            xcode_stub = os.path.join(dir, xcode_stub_f)
 
             if sys.platform == 'darwin' and (
                 dir.startswith('/System/') or (
@@ -282,6 +286,7 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
                 shared = os.path.join(sysroot, dir[1:], shared_f)
                 dylib = os.path.join(sysroot, dir[1:], dylib_f)
                 static = os.path.join(sysroot, dir[1:], static_f)
+                xcode_stub = os.path.join(sysroot, dir[1:], xcode_stub_f)
 
             # We're second-guessing the linker here, with not much hard
             # data to go on: GCC seems to prefer the shared library, so I'm
@@ -289,6 +294,8 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
             # ignoring even GCC's "-static" option.  So sue me.
             if os.path.exists(dylib):
                 return dylib
+            elif os.path.exists(xcode_stub):
+                return xcode_stub
             elif os.path.exists(shared):
                 return shared
             elif os.path.exists(static):