diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 10e12db..294e7f8 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -254,8 +254,9 @@ env['PYTHON'] = sys.executable
 # settings.
 env['STRIP'] = "strip"
 env['PKG_CONFIG'] = "pkg-config"
+env['PYTHON_CONFIG'] = "python-config"
 env['CHRPATH'] = 'chrpath'
-for i in ["AR", "ARFLAGS", "CCFLAGS", "CFLAGS", "CC", "CXX", "CXXFLAGS", "LINKFLAGS", "STRIP", "PKG_CONFIG", "CHRPATH", "LD", "TAR"]:
+for i in ["AR", "ARFLAGS", "CCFLAGS", "CFLAGS", "CC", "CXX", "CXXFLAGS", "LINKFLAGS", "STRIP", "PKG_CONFIG", "CHRPATH", "LD", "TAR", "PYTHON_CONFIG"]:
     if os.environ.has_key(i):
         j = i
         if i == "LD":
@@ -1115,6 +1116,7 @@ else:
 
     python_env = env.Clone()
     vars = sysconfig.get_config_vars('CC', 'CXX', 'OPT', 'BASECFLAGS', 'CCSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'SO', 'INCLUDEPY', 'LDFLAGS')
+    libs = _getoutput(env['PYTHON_CONFIG'] + ' --libs').split()
     for i in range(len(vars)):
         if vars[i] is None:
             vars[i] = []
@@ -1145,7 +1147,8 @@ else:
                        CPPPATH=[includepy],
                        CPPFLAGS=opt,
                        CFLAGS=basecflags,
-                       CXXFLAGS=basecflags)
+                       CXXFLAGS=basecflags,
+                       LIBS=libs)
 
     python_objects={}
     python_compiled_libs = {}