diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 731d60e..e9fba70 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ if test "x$have_python" != "xno"; then
 		PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS=
 	else
 		PY_PREFIX=`$PYTHON -c 'import sys ; print sys.prefix'`
-		PYTHON_LIB_LOC="-L$PY_EXEC_PREFIX/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/config"
+		PYTHON_LIB_LOC="-L$libdir/python$PYTHON_VERSION/config"
 		PYTHON_CFLAGS="-I$PY_PREFIX/include/python$PYTHON_VERSION"
-		PYTHON_MAKEFILE="$PY_EXEC_PREFIX/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/config/Makefile"
+		PYTHON_MAKEFILE="$libdir/python$PYTHON_VERSION/config/Makefile"
 		PYTHON_BASEMODLIBS=`sed -n -e 's/^BASEMODLIBS=\(.*\)/\1/p' $PYTHON_MAKEFILE`
 		PYTHON_OTHER_LIBS=`sed -n -e 's/^LIBS=\(.*\)/\1/p' $PYTHON_MAKEFILE`
 		PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS="$PYTHON_BASEMODLIBS $PYTHON_OTHER_LIBS"