diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 365449d644..78752d3db7 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ Modules/signalmodule.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/signalmodule.c $(srcdir)/Modules/posix
 Python/dynload_shlib.o: $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_shlib.c Makefile
 	$(CC) -c $(PY_CORE_CFLAGS) \
 		-DSOABI='"$(SOABI)"' \
+		$(if $(PLATFORM_TRIPLET),-DPLATFORM_TRIPLET='"$(PLATFORM_TRIPLET)"') \
 		-o $@ $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_shlib.c
 
 Python/dynload_hpux.o: $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_hpux.c Makefile
diff --git a/Python/dynload_shlib.c b/Python/dynload_shlib.c
index 23828898d3..fc9a9010c3 100644
--- a/Python/dynload_shlib.c
+++ b/Python/dynload_shlib.c
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ const char *_PyImport_DynLoadFiletab[] = {
     "." SOABI ".so",
 #ifdef ALT_SOABI
     "." ALT_SOABI ".so",
+#endif
+#ifdef PLATFORM_TRIPLET
+    "." PLATFORM_TRIPLET ".abi" PYTHON_ABI_STRING ".so",
 #endif
     ".abi" PYTHON_ABI_STRING ".so",
     ".so",