diff --git a/Lib/_osx_support.py b/Lib/_osx_support.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79dbdc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/_osx_support.py
@@ -0,0 +1,488 @@
+"""Shared OS X support functions."""
+
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+__all__ = [
+    'compiler_fixup',
+    'customize_config_vars',
+    'customize_compiler',
+    'get_platform_osx',
+]
+
+# configuration variables that may contain universal build flags,
+# like "-arch" or "-isdkroot", that may need customization for
+# the user environment
+_UNIVERSAL_CONFIG_VARS = ('CFLAGS', 'LDFLAGS', 'CPPFLAGS', 'BASECFLAGS',
+                            'BLDSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'CC', 'CXX',
+                            'PY_CFLAGS', 'PY_LDFLAGS', 'PY_CPPFLAGS',
+                            'PY_CORE_CFLAGS')
+
+# configuration variables that may contain compiler calls
+_COMPILER_CONFIG_VARS = ('BLDSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'CC', 'CXX')
+
+# prefix added to original configuration variable names
+_INITPRE = '_OSX_SUPPORT_INITIAL_'
+
+
+def _find_executable(executable, path=None):
+    """Tries to find 'executable' in the directories listed in 'path'.
+
+    A string listing directories separated by 'os.pathsep'; defaults to
+    os.environ['PATH'].  Returns the complete filename or None if not found.
+    """
+    if path is None:
+        path = os.environ['PATH']
+
+    paths = path.split(os.pathsep)
+    base, ext = os.path.splitext(executable)
+
+    if (sys.platform == 'win32' or os.name == 'os2') and (ext != '.exe'):
+        executable = executable + '.exe'
+
+    if not os.path.isfile(executable):
+        for p in paths:
+            f = os.path.join(p, executable)
+            if os.path.isfile(f):
+                # the file exists, we have a shot at spawn working
+                return f
+        return None
+    else:
+        return executable
+
+
+def _read_output(commandstring):
+    """Output from succesful command execution or None"""
+    # Similar to os.popen(commandstring, "r").read(),
+    # but without actually using os.popen because that
+    # function is not usable during python bootstrap.
+    # tempfile is also not available then.
+    import contextlib
+    try:
+        import tempfile
+        fp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile()
+    except ImportError:
+        fp = open("/tmp/_osx_support.%s"%(
+            os.getpid(),), "w+b")
+
+    with contextlib.closing(fp) as fp:
+        cmd = "%s 2>/dev/null >'%s'" % (commandstring, fp.name)
+        return fp.read().decode('utf-8').strip() if not os.system(cmd) else None
+
+
+def _find_build_tool(toolname):
+    """Find a build tool on current path or using xcrun"""
+    return (_find_executable(toolname)
+                or _read_output("/usr/bin/xcrun -find %s" % (toolname,))
+                or ''
+            )
+
+_SYSTEM_VERSION = None
+
+def _get_system_version():
+    """Return the OS X system version as a string"""
+    # Reading this plist is a documented way to get the system
+    # version (see the documentation for the Gestalt Manager)
+    # We avoid using platform.mac_ver to avoid possible bootstrap issues during
+    # the build of Python itself (distutils is used to build standard library
+    # extensions).
+
+    global _SYSTEM_VERSION
+
+    if _SYSTEM_VERSION is None:
+        _SYSTEM_VERSION = ''
+        try:
+            f = open('/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist')
+        except IOError:
+            # We're on a plain darwin box, fall back to the default
+            # behaviour.
+            pass
+        else:
+            try:
+                m = re.search(r'<key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>\s*'
+                              r'<string>(.*?)</string>', f.read())
+            finally:
+                f.close()
+            if m is not None:
+                _SYSTEM_VERSION = '.'.join(m.group(1).split('.')[:2])
+            # else: fall back to the default behaviour
+
+    return _SYSTEM_VERSION
+
+def _remove_original_values(_config_vars):
+    """Remove original unmodified values for testing"""
+    # This is needed for higher-level cross-platform tests of get_platform.
+    for k in list(_config_vars):
+        if k.startswith(_INITPRE):
+            del _config_vars[k]
+
+def _save_modified_value(_config_vars, cv, newvalue):
+    """Save modified and original unmodified value of configuration var"""
+
+    oldvalue = _config_vars.get(cv, '')
+    if (oldvalue != newvalue) and (_INITPRE + cv not in _config_vars):
+        _config_vars[_INITPRE + cv] = oldvalue
+    _config_vars[cv] = newvalue
+
+def _supports_universal_builds():
+    """Returns True if universal builds are supported on this system"""
+    # As an approximation, we assume that if we are running on 10.4 or above,
+    # then we are running with an Xcode environment that supports universal
+    # builds, in particular -isysroot and -arch arguments to the compiler. This
+    # is in support of allowing 10.4 universal builds to run on 10.3.x systems.
+
+    osx_version = _get_system_version()
+    if osx_version:
+        try:
+            osx_version = tuple(int(i) for i in osx_version.split('.'))
+        except ValueError:
+            osx_version = ''
+    return bool(osx_version >= (10, 4)) if osx_version else False
+
+
+def _find_appropriate_compiler(_config_vars):
+    """Find appropriate C compiler for extension module builds"""
+
+    # Issue #13590:
+    #    The OSX location for the compiler varies between OSX
+    #    (or rather Xcode) releases.  With older releases (up-to 10.5)
+    #    the compiler is in /usr/bin, with newer releases the compiler
+    #    can only be found inside Xcode.app if the "Command Line Tools"
+    #    are not installed.
+    #
+    #    Futhermore, the compiler that can be used varies between
+    #    Xcode releases. Upto Xcode 4 it was possible to use 'gcc-4.2'
+    #    as the compiler, after that 'clang' should be used because
+    #    gcc-4.2 is either not present, or a copy of 'llvm-gcc' that
+    #    miscompiles Python.
+
+    # skip checks if the compiler was overriden with a CC env variable
+    if 'CC' in os.environ:
+        return _config_vars
+
+    # The CC config var might contain additional arguments.
+    # Ignore them while searching.
+    cc = oldcc = _config_vars['CC'].split()[0]
+    if not _find_executable(cc):
+        # Compiler is not found on the shell search PATH.
+        # Now search for clang, first on PATH (if the Command LIne
+        # Tools have been installed in / or if the user has provided
+        # another location via CC).  If not found, try using xcrun
+        # to find an uninstalled clang (within a selected Xcode).
+
+        # NOTE: Cannot use subprocess here because of bootstrap
+        # issues when building Python itself (and os.popen is
+        # implemented on top of subprocess and is therefore not
+        # usable as well)
+
+        cc = _find_build_tool('clang')
+
+    elif os.path.basename(cc).startswith('gcc'):
+        # Compiler is GCC, check if it is LLVM-GCC
+        data = _read_output("'%s' --version"
+                             % (cc.replace("'", "'\"'\"'"),))
+        if 'llvm-gcc' in data:
+            # Found LLVM-GCC, fall back to clang
+            cc = _find_build_tool('clang')
+
+    if not cc:
+        raise SystemError(
+               "Cannot locate working compiler")
+
+    if cc != oldcc:
+        # Found a replacement compiler.
+        # Modify config vars using new compiler, if not already explictly
+        # overriden by an env variable, preserving additional arguments.
+        for cv in _COMPILER_CONFIG_VARS:
+            if cv in _config_vars and cv not in os.environ:
+                cv_split = _config_vars[cv].split()
+                cv_split[0] = cc if cv != 'CXX' else cc + '++'
+                _save_modified_value(_config_vars, cv, ' '.join(cv_split))
+
+    return _config_vars
+
+
+def _remove_universal_flags(_config_vars):
+    """Remove all universal build arguments from config vars"""
+
+    for cv in _UNIVERSAL_CONFIG_VARS:
+        # Do not alter a config var explicitly overriden by env var
+        if cv in _config_vars and cv not in os.environ:
+            flags = _config_vars[cv]
+            flags = re.sub('-arch\s+\w+\s', ' ', flags)
+            flags = re.sub('-isysroot [^ \t]*', ' ', flags)
+            _save_modified_value(_config_vars, cv, flags)
+
+    return _config_vars
+
+
+def _remove_unsupported_archs(_config_vars):
+    """Remove any unsupported archs from config vars"""
+    # Different Xcode releases support different sets for '-arch'
+    # flags. In particular, Xcode 4.x no longer supports the
+    # PPC architectures.
+    #
+    # This code automatically removes '-arch ppc' and '-arch ppc64'
+    # when these are not supported. That makes it possible to
+    # build extensions on OSX 10.7 and later with the prebuilt
+    # 32-bit installer on the python.org website.
+
+    # skip checks if the compiler was overriden with a CC env variable
+    if 'CC' in os.environ:
+        return _config_vars
+
+    if re.search('-arch\s+ppc', _config_vars['CFLAGS']) is not None:
+        # NOTE: Cannot use subprocess here because of bootstrap
+        # issues when building Python itself
+        status = os.system("'%s' -arch ppc -x c /dev/null 2>/dev/null"%(
+            _config_vars['CC'].replace("'", "'\"'\"'"),))
+        # The Apple compiler drivers return status 255 if no PPC
+        if (status >> 8) == 255:
+            # Compiler doesn't support PPC, remove the related
+            # '-arch' flags if not explicitly overridden by an
+            # environment variable
+            for cv in _UNIVERSAL_CONFIG_VARS:
+                if cv in _config_vars and cv not in os.environ:
+                    flags = _config_vars[cv]
+                    flags = re.sub('-arch\s+ppc\w*\s', ' ', flags)
+                    _save_modified_value(_config_vars, cv, flags)
+
+    return _config_vars
+
+
+def _override_all_archs(_config_vars):
+    """Allow override of all archs with ARCHFLAGS env var"""
+    # NOTE: This name was introduced by Apple in OSX 10.5 and
+    # is used by several scripting languages distributed with
+    # that OS release.
+    if 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ:
+        arch = os.environ['ARCHFLAGS']
+        for cv in _UNIVERSAL_CONFIG_VARS:
+            if cv in _config_vars and '-arch' in _config_vars[cv]:
+                flags = _config_vars[cv]
+                flags = re.sub('-arch\s+\w+\s', ' ', flags)
+                flags = flags + ' ' + arch
+                _save_modified_value(_config_vars, cv, flags)
+
+    return _config_vars
+
+
+def _check_for_unavailable_sdk(_config_vars):
+    """Remove references to any SDKs not available"""
+    # If we're on OSX 10.5 or later and the user tries to
+    # compile an extension using an SDK that is not present
+    # on the current machine it is better to not use an SDK
+    # than to fail.  This is particularly important with
+    # the standalong Command Line Tools alternative to a
+    # full-blown Xcode install since the CLT packages do not
+    # provide SDKs.  If the SDK is not present, it is assumed
+    # that the header files and dev libs have been installed
+    # to /usr and /System/Library by either a standalone CLT
+    # package or the CLT component within Xcode.
+    cflags = _config_vars.get('CFLAGS', '')
+    m = re.search(r'-isysroot\s+(\S+)', cflags)
+    if m is not None:
+        sdk = m.group(1)
+        if not os.path.exists(sdk):
+            for cv in _UNIVERSAL_CONFIG_VARS:
+                # Do not alter a config var explicitly overriden by env var
+                if cv in _config_vars and cv not in os.environ:
+                    flags = _config_vars[cv]
+                    flags = re.sub(r'-isysroot\s+\S+(?:\s|$)', ' ', flags)
+                    _save_modified_value(_config_vars, cv, flags)
+
+    return _config_vars
+
+
+def compiler_fixup(compiler_so, cc_args):
+    """
+    This function will strip '-isysroot PATH' and '-arch ARCH' from the
+    compile flags if the user has specified one them in extra_compile_flags.
+
+    This is needed because '-arch ARCH' adds another architecture to the
+    build, without a way to remove an architecture. Furthermore GCC will
+    barf if multiple '-isysroot' arguments are present.
+    """
+    stripArch = stripSysroot = False
+
+    compiler_so = list(compiler_so)
+
+    if not _supports_universal_builds():
+        # OSX before 10.4.0, these don't support -arch and -isysroot at
+        # all.
+        stripArch = stripSysroot = True
+    else:
+        stripArch = '-arch' in cc_args
+        stripSysroot = '-isysroot' in cc_args
+
+    if stripArch or 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ:
+        while True:
+            try:
+                index = compiler_so.index('-arch')
+                # Strip this argument and the next one:
+                del compiler_so[index:index+2]
+            except ValueError:
+                break
+
+    if 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ and not stripArch:
+        # User specified different -arch flags in the environ,
+        # see also distutils.sysconfig
+        compiler_so = compiler_so + os.environ['ARCHFLAGS'].split()
+
+    if stripSysroot:
+        while True:
+            try:
+                index = compiler_so.index('-isysroot')
+                # Strip this argument and the next one:
+                del compiler_so[index:index+2]
+            except ValueError:
+                break
+
+    # Check if the SDK that is used during compilation actually exists,
+    # the universal build requires the usage of a universal SDK and not all
+    # users have that installed by default.
+    sysroot = None
+    if '-isysroot' in cc_args:
+        idx = cc_args.index('-isysroot')
+        sysroot = cc_args[idx+1]
+    elif '-isysroot' in compiler_so:
+        idx = compiler_so.index('-isysroot')
+        sysroot = compiler_so[idx+1]
+
+    if sysroot and not os.path.isdir(sysroot):
+        from distutils import log
+        log.warn("Compiling with an SDK that doesn't seem to exist: %s",
+                sysroot)
+        log.warn("Please check your Xcode installation")
+
+    return compiler_so
+
+
+def customize_config_vars(_config_vars):
+    """Customize Python build configuration variables.
+
+    Called internally from sysconfig with a mutable mapping
+    containing name/value pairs parsed from the configured
+    makefile used to build this interpreter.  Returns
+    the mapping updated as needed to reflect the environment
+    in which the interpreter is running; in the case of
+    a Python from a binary installer, the installed
+    environment may be very different from the build
+    environment, i.e. different OS levels, different
+    built tools, different available CPU architectures.
+
+    This customization is performed whenever
+    distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars() is first
+    called.  It may be used in environments where no
+    compilers are present, i.e. when installing pure
+    Python dists.  Customization of compiler paths
+    and detection of unavailable archs is deferred
+    until the first extention module build is
+    requested (in distutils.sysconfig.customize_compiler).
+
+    Currently called from distutils.sysconfig
+    """
+
+    if not _supports_universal_builds():
+        # On Mac OS X before 10.4, check if -arch and -isysroot
+        # are in CFLAGS or LDFLAGS and remove them if they are.
+        # This is needed when building extensions on a 10.3 system
+        # using a universal build of python.
+        _remove_universal_flags(_config_vars)
+
+    # Allow user to override all archs with ARCHFLAGS env var
+    _override_all_archs(_config_vars)
+
+    # Remove references to sdks that are not found
+    _check_for_unavailable_sdk(_config_vars)
+
+    return _config_vars
+
+
+def customize_compiler(_config_vars):
+    """Customize compiler path and configuration variables.
+
+    This customization is performed when the first
+    extension module build is requested
+    in distutils.sysconfig.customize_compiler).
+    """
+
+    # Find a compiler to use for extension module builds
+    _find_appropriate_compiler(_config_vars)
+
+    # Remove ppc arch flags if not supported here
+    _remove_unsupported_archs(_config_vars)
+
+    # Allow user to override all archs with ARCHFLAGS env var
+    _override_all_archs(_config_vars)
+
+    return _config_vars
+
+
+def get_platform_osx(_config_vars, osname, release, machine):
+    """Filter values for get_platform()"""
+    # called from get_platform() in sysconfig and distutils.util
+    #
+    # For our purposes, we'll assume that the system version from
+    # distutils' perspective is what MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is set
+    # to. This makes the compatibility story a bit more sane because the
+    # machine is going to compile and link as if it were
+    # MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET.
+
+    macver = _config_vars.get('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET', '')
+    macrelease = _get_system_version() or macver
+    macver = macver or macrelease
+
+    if macver:
+        release = macver
+        osname = "macosx"
+
+        # Use the original CFLAGS value, if available, so that we
+        # return the same machine type for the platform string.
+        # Otherwise, distutils may consider this a cross-compiling
+        # case and disallow installs.
+        cflags = _config_vars.get(_INITPRE+'CFLAGS',
+                                    _config_vars.get('CFLAGS', ''))
+        if ((macrelease + '.') >= '10.4.' and
+            '-arch' in cflags.strip()):
+            # The universal build will build fat binaries, but not on
+            # systems before 10.4
+
+            machine = 'fat'
+
+            archs = re.findall('-arch\s+(\S+)', cflags)
+            archs = tuple(sorted(set(archs)))
+
+            if len(archs) == 1:
+                machine = archs[0]
+            elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc'):
+                machine = 'fat'
+            elif archs == ('i386', 'x86_64'):
+                machine = 'intel'
+            elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc', 'x86_64'):
+                machine = 'fat3'
+            elif archs == ('ppc64', 'x86_64'):
+                machine = 'fat64'
+            elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc', 'ppc64', 'x86_64'):
+                machine = 'universal'
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                   "Don't know machine value for archs=%r" % (archs,))
+
+        elif machine == 'i386':
+            # On OSX the machine type returned by uname is always the
+            # 32-bit variant, even if the executable architecture is
+            # the 64-bit variant
+            if sys.maxint >= 2**32:
+                machine = 'x86_64'
+
+        elif machine in ('PowerPC', 'Power_Macintosh'):
+            # Pick a sane name for the PPC architecture.
+            # See 'i386' case
+            if sys.maxint >= 2**32:
+                machine = 'ppc64'
+            else:
+                machine = 'ppc'
+
+    return (osname, release, machine)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
index 4b193b2..daa4dc7 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
             "I don't know where Python installs its library "
             "on platform '%s'" % os.name)
 
-_USE_CLANG = None
+
 
 def customize_compiler(compiler):
     """Do any platform-specific customization of a CCompiler instance.
@@ -150,6 +150,21 @@
     varies across Unices and is stored in Python's Makefile.
     """
     if compiler.compiler_type == "unix":
+        if sys.platform == "darwin":
+            # Perform first-time customization of compiler-related
+            # config vars on OS X now that we know we need a compiler.
+            # This is primarily to support Pythons from binary
+            # installers.  The kind and paths to build tools on
+            # the user system may vary significantly from the system
+            # that Python itself was built on.  Also the user OS
+            # version and build tools may not support the same set
+            # of CPU architectures for universal builds.
+            global _config_vars
+            if not _config_vars.get('CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER', ''):
+                import _osx_support
+                _osx_support.customize_compiler(_config_vars)
+                _config_vars['CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER'] = 'True'
+
         (cc, cxx, opt, cflags, ccshared, ldshared, so_ext, ar, ar_flags) = \
             get_config_vars('CC', 'CXX', 'OPT', 'CFLAGS',
                             'CCSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'SO', 'AR',
@@ -157,36 +172,7 @@
 
         newcc = None
         if 'CC' in os.environ:
-            newcc = os.environ['CC']
-        elif sys.platform == 'darwin' and cc == 'gcc-4.2':
-            # Issue #13590:
-            #       Since Apple removed gcc-4.2 in Xcode 4.2, we can no
-            #       longer assume it is available for extension module builds.
-            #       If Python was built with gcc-4.2, check first to see if
-            #       it is available on this system; if not, try to use clang
-            #       instead unless the caller explicitly set CC.
-            global _USE_CLANG
-            if _USE_CLANG is None:
-                from distutils import log
-                from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
-                p = Popen("! type gcc-4.2 && type clang && exit 2",
-                                shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
-                p.wait()
-                if p.returncode == 2:
-                    _USE_CLANG = True
-                    log.warn("gcc-4.2 not found, using clang instead")
-                else:
-                    _USE_CLANG = False
-            if _USE_CLANG:
-                newcc = 'clang'
-        if newcc:
-            # On OS X, if CC is overridden, use that as the default
-            #       command for LDSHARED as well
-            if (sys.platform == 'darwin'
-                    and 'LDSHARED' not in os.environ
-                    and ldshared.startswith(cc)):
-                ldshared = newcc + ldshared[len(cc):]
-            cc = newcc
+            cc = os.environ['CC']
         if 'CXX' in os.environ:
             cxx = os.environ['CXX']
         if 'LDSHARED' in os.environ:
@@ -518,66 +504,11 @@
         _config_vars['prefix'] = PREFIX
         _config_vars['exec_prefix'] = EXEC_PREFIX
 
+        # OS X platforms require special customization to handle
+        # multi-architecture, multi-os-version installers
         if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            kernel_version = os.uname()[2] # Kernel version (8.4.3)
-            major_version = int(kernel_version.split('.')[0])
-
-            if major_version < 8:
-                # On Mac OS X before 10.4, check if -arch and -isysroot
-                # are in CFLAGS or LDFLAGS and remove them if they are.
-                # This is needed when building extensions on a 10.3 system
-                # using a universal build of python.
-                for key in ('LDFLAGS', 'BASECFLAGS', 'LDSHARED',
-                        # a number of derived variables. These need to be
-                        # patched up as well.
-                        'CFLAGS', 'PY_CFLAGS', 'BLDSHARED'):
-                    flags = _config_vars[key]
-                    flags = re.sub('-arch\s+\w+\s', ' ', flags)
-                    flags = re.sub('-isysroot [^ \t]*', ' ', flags)
-                    _config_vars[key] = flags
-
-            else:
-
-                # Allow the user to override the architecture flags using
-                # an environment variable.
-                # NOTE: This name was introduced by Apple in OSX 10.5 and
-                # is used by several scripting languages distributed with
-                # that OS release.
-
-                if 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ:
-                    arch = os.environ['ARCHFLAGS']
-                    for key in ('LDFLAGS', 'BASECFLAGS', 'LDSHARED',
-                        # a number of derived variables. These need to be
-                        # patched up as well.
-                        'CFLAGS', 'PY_CFLAGS', 'BLDSHARED'):
-
-                        flags = _config_vars[key]
-                        flags = re.sub('-arch\s+\w+\s', ' ', flags)
-                        flags = flags + ' ' + arch
-                        _config_vars[key] = flags
-
-                # If we're on OSX 10.5 or later and the user tries to
-                # compiles an extension using an SDK that is not present
-                # on the current machine it is better to not use an SDK
-                # than to fail.
-                #
-                # The major usecase for this is users using a Python.org
-                # binary installer  on OSX 10.6: that installer uses
-                # the 10.4u SDK, but that SDK is not installed by default
-                # when you install Xcode.
-                #
-                m = re.search('-isysroot\s+(\S+)', _config_vars['CFLAGS'])
-                if m is not None:
-                    sdk = m.group(1)
-                    if not os.path.exists(sdk):
-                        for key in ('LDFLAGS', 'BASECFLAGS', 'LDSHARED',
-                             # a number of derived variables. These need to be
-                             # patched up as well.
-                            'CFLAGS', 'PY_CFLAGS', 'BLDSHARED'):
-
-                            flags = _config_vars[key]
-                            flags = re.sub('-isysroot\s+\S+(\s|$)', ' ', flags)
-                            _config_vars[key] = flags
+            import _osx_support
+            _osx_support.customize_config_vars(_config_vars)
 
     if args:
         vals = []
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
index 49570c4..c064d2b 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_sysconfig.py
@@ -72,6 +72,35 @@
                              'OTHER': 'foo'})
 
 
+    def test_sysconfig_module(self):
+        import sysconfig as global_sysconfig
+        self.assertEqual(global_sysconfig.get_config_var('CFLAGS'), sysconfig.get_config_var('CFLAGS'))
+        self.assertEqual(global_sysconfig.get_config_var('LDFLAGS'), sysconfig.get_config_var('LDFLAGS'))
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(sysconfig.get_config_var('CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER'),'compiler flags customized')
+    def test_sysconfig_compiler_vars(self):
+        # On OS X, binary installers support extension module building on
+        # various levels of the operating system with differing Xcode
+        # configurations.  This requires customization of some of the
+        # compiler configuration directives to suit the environment on
+        # the installed machine.  Some of these customizations may require
+        # running external programs and, so, are deferred until needed by
+        # the first extension module build.  With Python 3.3, only
+        # the Distutils version of sysconfig is used for extension module
+        # builds, which happens earlier in the Distutils tests.  This may
+        # cause the following tests to fail since no tests have caused
+        # the global version of sysconfig to call the customization yet.
+        # The solution for now is to simply skip this test in this case.
+        # The longer-term solution is to only have one version of sysconfig.
+
+        import sysconfig as global_sysconfig
+        if sysconfig.get_config_var('CUSTOMIZED_OSX_COMPILER'):
+            return
+        self.assertEqual(global_sysconfig.get_config_var('LDSHARED'), sysconfig.get_config_var('LDSHARED'))
+        self.assertEqual(global_sysconfig.get_config_var('CC'), sysconfig.get_config_var('CC'))
+
+
+
 def test_suite():
     suite = unittest.TestSuite()
     suite.addTest(unittest.makeSuite(SysconfigTestCase))
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
index c49ac9b..2aa1cb1 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
      DistutilsExecError, CompileError, LibError, LinkError
 from distutils import log
 
+if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+    import _osx_support
+
 # XXX Things not currently handled:
 #   * optimization/debug/warning flags; we just use whatever's in Python's
 #     Makefile and live with it.  Is this adequate?  If not, we might
@@ -41,68 +44,6 @@
 #     should just happily stuff them into the preprocessor/compiler/linker
 #     options and carry on.
 
-def _darwin_compiler_fixup(compiler_so, cc_args):
-    """
-    This function will strip '-isysroot PATH' and '-arch ARCH' from the
-    compile flags if the user has specified one them in extra_compile_flags.
-
-    This is needed because '-arch ARCH' adds another architecture to the
-    build, without a way to remove an architecture. Furthermore GCC will
-    barf if multiple '-isysroot' arguments are present.
-    """
-    stripArch = stripSysroot = 0
-
-    compiler_so = list(compiler_so)
-    kernel_version = os.uname()[2] # 8.4.3
-    major_version = int(kernel_version.split('.')[0])
-
-    if major_version < 8:
-        # OSX before 10.4.0, these don't support -arch and -isysroot at
-        # all.
-        stripArch = stripSysroot = True
-    else:
-        stripArch = '-arch' in cc_args
-        stripSysroot = '-isysroot' in cc_args
-
-    if stripArch or 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ:
-        while 1:
-            try:
-                index = compiler_so.index('-arch')
-                # Strip this argument and the next one:
-                del compiler_so[index:index+2]
-            except ValueError:
-                break
-
-    if 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ and not stripArch:
-        # User specified different -arch flags in the environ,
-        # see also distutils.sysconfig
-        compiler_so = compiler_so + os.environ['ARCHFLAGS'].split()
-
-    if stripSysroot:
-        try:
-            index = compiler_so.index('-isysroot')
-            # Strip this argument and the next one:
-            del compiler_so[index:index+2]
-        except ValueError:
-            pass
-
-    # Check if the SDK that is used during compilation actually exists,
-    # the universal build requires the usage of a universal SDK and not all
-    # users have that installed by default.
-    sysroot = None
-    if '-isysroot' in cc_args:
-        idx = cc_args.index('-isysroot')
-        sysroot = cc_args[idx+1]
-    elif '-isysroot' in compiler_so:
-        idx = compiler_so.index('-isysroot')
-        sysroot = compiler_so[idx+1]
-
-    if sysroot and not os.path.isdir(sysroot):
-        log.warn("Compiling with an SDK that doesn't seem to exist: %s",
-                sysroot)
-        log.warn("Please check your Xcode installation")
-
-    return compiler_so
 
 class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
 
@@ -172,7 +113,8 @@
     def _compile(self, obj, src, ext, cc_args, extra_postargs, pp_opts):
         compiler_so = self.compiler_so
         if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            compiler_so = _darwin_compiler_fixup(compiler_so, cc_args + extra_postargs)
+            compiler_so = _osx_support.compiler_fixup(compiler_so,
+                                                    cc_args + extra_postargs)
         try:
             self.spawn(compiler_so + cc_args + [src, '-o', obj] +
                        extra_postargs)
@@ -251,7 +193,7 @@
                     linker[i] = self.compiler_cxx[i]
 
                 if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-                    linker = _darwin_compiler_fixup(linker, ld_args)
+                    linker = _osx_support.compiler_fixup(linker, ld_args)
 
                 self.spawn(linker + ld_args)
             except DistutilsExecError, msg:
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 0c24e8c..5279411 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -93,94 +93,10 @@
         if m:
             release = m.group()
     elif osname[:6] == "darwin":
-        #
-        # For our purposes, we'll assume that the system version from
-        # distutils' perspective is what MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is set
-        # to. This makes the compatibility story a bit more sane because the
-        # machine is going to compile and link as if it were
-        # MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET.
-        from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_vars
-        cfgvars = get_config_vars()
-
-        macver = cfgvars.get('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET')
-
-        if 1:
-            # Always calculate the release of the running machine,
-            # needed to determine if we can build fat binaries or not.
-
-            macrelease = macver
-            # Get the system version. Reading this plist is a documented
-            # way to get the system version (see the documentation for
-            # the Gestalt Manager)
-            try:
-                f = open('/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist')
-            except IOError:
-                # We're on a plain darwin box, fall back to the default
-                # behaviour.
-                pass
-            else:
-                try:
-                    m = re.search(
-                            r'<key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>\s*' +
-                            r'<string>(.*?)</string>', f.read())
-                    if m is not None:
-                        macrelease = '.'.join(m.group(1).split('.')[:2])
-                    # else: fall back to the default behaviour
-                finally:
-                    f.close()
-
-        if not macver:
-            macver = macrelease
-
-        if macver:
-            from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_vars
-            release = macver
-            osname = "macosx"
-
-            if (macrelease + '.') >= '10.4.' and \
-                    '-arch' in get_config_vars().get('CFLAGS', '').strip():
-                # The universal build will build fat binaries, but not on
-                # systems before 10.4
-                #
-                # Try to detect 4-way universal builds, those have machine-type
-                # 'universal' instead of 'fat'.
-
-                machine = 'fat'
-                cflags = get_config_vars().get('CFLAGS')
-
-                archs = re.findall('-arch\s+(\S+)', cflags)
-                archs = tuple(sorted(set(archs)))
-
-                if len(archs) == 1:
-                    machine = archs[0]
-                elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc'):
-                    machine = 'fat'
-                elif archs == ('i386', 'x86_64'):
-                    machine = 'intel'
-                elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc', 'x86_64'):
-                    machine = 'fat3'
-                elif archs == ('ppc64', 'x86_64'):
-                    machine = 'fat64'
-                elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc', 'ppc64', 'x86_64'):
-                    machine = 'universal'
-                else:
-                    raise ValueError(
-                       "Don't know machine value for archs=%r"%(archs,))
-
-            elif machine == 'i386':
-                # On OSX the machine type returned by uname is always the
-                # 32-bit variant, even if the executable architecture is
-                # the 64-bit variant
-                if sys.maxint >= 2**32:
-                    machine = 'x86_64'
-
-            elif machine in ('PowerPC', 'Power_Macintosh'):
-                # Pick a sane name for the PPC architecture.
-                machine = 'ppc'
-
-                # See 'i386' case
-                if sys.maxint >= 2**32:
-                    machine = 'ppc64'
+        import _osx_support, distutils.sysconfig
+        osname, release, machine = _osx_support.get_platform_osx(
+                                        distutils.sysconfig.get_config_vars(),
+                                        osname, release, machine)
 
     return "%s-%s-%s" % (osname, release, machine)
 
diff --git a/Lib/sysconfig.py b/Lib/sysconfig.py
index 6314cfe..9442d39 100644
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py
@@ -445,64 +445,11 @@
                 srcdir = os.path.join(base, _CONFIG_VARS['srcdir'])
                 _CONFIG_VARS['srcdir'] = os.path.normpath(srcdir)
 
+        # OS X platforms require special customization to handle
+        # multi-architecture, multi-os-version installers
         if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-            kernel_version = os.uname()[2] # Kernel version (8.4.3)
-            major_version = int(kernel_version.split('.')[0])
-
-            if major_version < 8:
-                # On Mac OS X before 10.4, check if -arch and -isysroot
-                # are in CFLAGS or LDFLAGS and remove them if they are.
-                # This is needed when building extensions on a 10.3 system
-                # using a universal build of python.
-                for key in ('LDFLAGS', 'BASECFLAGS',
-                        # a number of derived variables. These need to be
-                        # patched up as well.
-                        'CFLAGS', 'PY_CFLAGS', 'BLDSHARED'):
-                    flags = _CONFIG_VARS[key]
-                    flags = re.sub('-arch\s+\w+\s', ' ', flags)
-                    flags = re.sub('-isysroot [^ \t]*', ' ', flags)
-                    _CONFIG_VARS[key] = flags
-            else:
-                # Allow the user to override the architecture flags using
-                # an environment variable.
-                # NOTE: This name was introduced by Apple in OSX 10.5 and
-                # is used by several scripting languages distributed with
-                # that OS release.
-                if 'ARCHFLAGS' in os.environ:
-                    arch = os.environ['ARCHFLAGS']
-                    for key in ('LDFLAGS', 'BASECFLAGS',
-                        # a number of derived variables. These need to be
-                        # patched up as well.
-                        'CFLAGS', 'PY_CFLAGS', 'BLDSHARED'):
-
-                        flags = _CONFIG_VARS[key]
-                        flags = re.sub('-arch\s+\w+\s', ' ', flags)
-                        flags = flags + ' ' + arch
-                        _CONFIG_VARS[key] = flags
-
-                # If we're on OSX 10.5 or later and the user tries to
-                # compiles an extension using an SDK that is not present
-                # on the current machine it is better to not use an SDK
-                # than to fail.
-                #
-                # The major usecase for this is users using a Python.org
-                # binary installer  on OSX 10.6: that installer uses
-                # the 10.4u SDK, but that SDK is not installed by default
-                # when you install Xcode.
-                #
-                CFLAGS = _CONFIG_VARS.get('CFLAGS', '')
-                m = re.search('-isysroot\s+(\S+)', CFLAGS)
-                if m is not None:
-                    sdk = m.group(1)
-                    if not os.path.exists(sdk):
-                        for key in ('LDFLAGS', 'BASECFLAGS',
-                             # a number of derived variables. These need to be
-                             # patched up as well.
-                            'CFLAGS', 'PY_CFLAGS', 'BLDSHARED'):
-
-                            flags = _CONFIG_VARS[key]
-                            flags = re.sub('-isysroot\s+\S+(\s|$)', ' ', flags)
-                            _CONFIG_VARS[key] = flags
+            import _osx_support
+            _osx_support.customize_config_vars(_CONFIG_VARS)
 
     if args:
         vals = []
@@ -600,91 +547,10 @@
         if m:
             release = m.group()
     elif osname[:6] == "darwin":
-        #
-        # For our purposes, we'll assume that the system version from
-        # distutils' perspective is what MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET is set
-        # to. This makes the compatibility story a bit more sane because the
-        # machine is going to compile and link as if it were
-        # MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET.
-        cfgvars = get_config_vars()
-        macver = cfgvars.get('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET')
-
-        if 1:
-            # Always calculate the release of the running machine,
-            # needed to determine if we can build fat binaries or not.
-
-            macrelease = macver
-            # Get the system version. Reading this plist is a documented
-            # way to get the system version (see the documentation for
-            # the Gestalt Manager)
-            try:
-                f = open('/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist')
-            except IOError:
-                # We're on a plain darwin box, fall back to the default
-                # behaviour.
-                pass
-            else:
-                try:
-                    m = re.search(
-                            r'<key>ProductUserVisibleVersion</key>\s*' +
-                            r'<string>(.*?)</string>', f.read())
-                    if m is not None:
-                        macrelease = '.'.join(m.group(1).split('.')[:2])
-                    # else: fall back to the default behaviour
-                finally:
-                    f.close()
-
-        if not macver:
-            macver = macrelease
-
-        if macver:
-            release = macver
-            osname = "macosx"
-
-            if (macrelease + '.') >= '10.4.' and \
-                    '-arch' in get_config_vars().get('CFLAGS', '').strip():
-                # The universal build will build fat binaries, but not on
-                # systems before 10.4
-                #
-                # Try to detect 4-way universal builds, those have machine-type
-                # 'universal' instead of 'fat'.
-
-                machine = 'fat'
-                cflags = get_config_vars().get('CFLAGS')
-
-                archs = re.findall('-arch\s+(\S+)', cflags)
-                archs = tuple(sorted(set(archs)))
-
-                if len(archs) == 1:
-                    machine = archs[0]
-                elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc'):
-                    machine = 'fat'
-                elif archs == ('i386', 'x86_64'):
-                    machine = 'intel'
-                elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc', 'x86_64'):
-                    machine = 'fat3'
-                elif archs == ('ppc64', 'x86_64'):
-                    machine = 'fat64'
-                elif archs == ('i386', 'ppc', 'ppc64', 'x86_64'):
-                    machine = 'universal'
-                else:
-                    raise ValueError(
-                       "Don't know machine value for archs=%r"%(archs,))
-
-            elif machine == 'i386':
-                # On OSX the machine type returned by uname is always the
-                # 32-bit variant, even if the executable architecture is
-                # the 64-bit variant
-                if sys.maxint >= 2**32:
-                    machine = 'x86_64'
-
-            elif machine in ('PowerPC', 'Power_Macintosh'):
-                # Pick a sane name for the PPC architecture.
-                # See 'i386' case
-                if sys.maxint >= 2**32:
-                    machine = 'ppc64'
-                else:
-                    machine = 'ppc'
+        import _osx_support
+        osname, release, machine = _osx_support.get_platform_osx(
+                                            get_config_vars(),
+                                            osname, release, machine)
 
     return "%s-%s-%s" % (osname, release, machine)
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test__osx_support.py b/Lib/test/test__osx_support.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f6ceb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test__osx_support.py
@@ -0,0 +1,279 @@
+"""
+Test suite for _osx_support: shared OS X support functions.
+"""
+
+import os
+import platform
+import shutil
+import stat
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+import test.test_support
+
+import _osx_support
+
+@unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform.startswith("darwin"), "requires OS X")
+class Test_OSXSupport(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.prog_name = 'bogus_program_xxxx'
+        self.temp_path_dir = os.path.abspath(os.getcwd())
+        self.env = test.test_support.EnvironmentVarGuard()
+        self.addCleanup(self.env.__exit__)
+        for cv in ('CFLAGS', 'LDFLAGS', 'CPPFLAGS',
+                            'BASECFLAGS', 'BLDSHARED', 'LDSHARED', 'CC',
+                            'CXX', 'PY_CFLAGS', 'PY_LDFLAGS', 'PY_CPPFLAGS',
+                            'PY_CORE_CFLAGS'):
+            if cv in self.env:
+                self.env.unset(cv)
+
+    def add_expected_saved_initial_values(self, config_vars, expected_vars):
+        # Ensure that the initial values for all modified config vars
+        # are also saved with modified keys.
+        expected_vars.update(('_OSX_SUPPORT_INITIAL_'+ k,
+                config_vars[k]) for k in config_vars
+                    if config_vars[k] != expected_vars[k])
+
+    def test__find_executable(self):
+        if self.env['PATH']:
+            self.env['PATH'] = self.env['PATH'] + ':'
+        self.env['PATH'] = self.env['PATH'] + os.path.abspath(self.temp_path_dir)
+        test.test_support.unlink(self.prog_name)
+        self.assertIsNone(_osx_support._find_executable(self.prog_name))
+        self.addCleanup(test.test_support.unlink, self.prog_name)
+        with open(self.prog_name, 'w') as f:
+            f.write("#!/bin/sh\n/bin/echo OK\n")
+        os.chmod(self.prog_name, stat.S_IRWXU)
+        self.assertEqual(self.prog_name,
+                            _osx_support._find_executable(self.prog_name))
+
+    def test__read_output(self):
+        if self.env['PATH']:
+            self.env['PATH'] = self.env['PATH'] + ':'
+        self.env['PATH'] = self.env['PATH'] + os.path.abspath(self.temp_path_dir)
+        test.test_support.unlink(self.prog_name)
+        self.addCleanup(test.test_support.unlink, self.prog_name)
+        with open(self.prog_name, 'w') as f:
+            f.write("#!/bin/sh\n/bin/echo ExpectedOutput\n")
+        os.chmod(self.prog_name, stat.S_IRWXU)
+        self.assertEqual('ExpectedOutput',
+                            _osx_support._read_output(self.prog_name))
+
+    def test__find_build_tool(self):
+        out = _osx_support._find_build_tool('cc')
+        self.assertTrue(os.path.isfile(out),
+                            'cc not found - check xcode-select')
+
+    def test__get_system_version(self):
+        self.assertTrue(platform.mac_ver()[0].startswith(
+                                    _osx_support._get_system_version()))
+
+    def test__remove_original_values(self):
+        config_vars = {
+        'CC': 'gcc-test -pthreads',
+        }
+        expected_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang -pthreads',
+        }
+        cv = 'CC'
+        newvalue = 'clang -pthreads'
+        _osx_support._save_modified_value(config_vars, cv, newvalue)
+        self.assertNotEqual(expected_vars, config_vars)
+        _osx_support._remove_original_values(config_vars)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_vars, config_vars)
+
+    def test__save_modified_value(self):
+        config_vars = {
+        'CC': 'gcc-test -pthreads',
+        }
+        expected_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang -pthreads',
+        }
+        self.add_expected_saved_initial_values(config_vars, expected_vars)
+        cv = 'CC'
+        newvalue = 'clang -pthreads'
+        _osx_support._save_modified_value(config_vars, cv, newvalue)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_vars, config_vars)
+
+    def test__save_modified_value_unchanged(self):
+        config_vars = {
+        'CC': 'gcc-test -pthreads',
+        }
+        expected_vars = config_vars.copy()
+        cv = 'CC'
+        newvalue = 'gcc-test -pthreads'
+        _osx_support._save_modified_value(config_vars, cv, newvalue)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_vars, config_vars)
+
+    def test__supports_universal_builds(self):
+        import platform
+        self.assertEqual(platform.mac_ver()[0].split('.') >= ['10', '4'],
+                            _osx_support._supports_universal_builds())
+
+    def test__find_appropriate_compiler(self):
+        compilers = (
+                        ('gcc-test', 'i686-apple-darwin11-llvm-gcc-4.2'),
+                        ('clang', 'clang version 3.1'),
+                    )
+        config_vars = {
+        'CC': 'gcc-test -pthreads',
+        'CXX': 'cc++-test',
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3 -arch ppc -arch i386  ',
+        'LDFLAGS': '-arch ppc -arch i386   -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I. -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-test -bundle -arch ppc -arch i386 -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-test -bundle -arch ppc -arch i386 '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g',
+        }
+        expected_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang -pthreads',
+        'CXX': 'clang++',
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3 -arch ppc -arch i386  ',
+        'LDFLAGS': '-arch ppc -arch i386   -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I. -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'clang -bundle -arch ppc -arch i386 -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'clang -bundle -arch ppc -arch i386 '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g',
+        }
+        self.add_expected_saved_initial_values(config_vars, expected_vars)
+
+        suffix = (':' + self.env['PATH']) if self.env['PATH'] else ''
+        self.env['PATH'] = os.path.abspath(self.temp_path_dir) + suffix
+        for c_name, c_output in compilers:
+            test.test_support.unlink(c_name)
+            self.addCleanup(test.test_support.unlink, c_name)
+            with open(c_name, 'w') as f:
+                f.write("#!/bin/sh\n/bin/echo " + c_output)
+            os.chmod(c_name, stat.S_IRWXU)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_vars,
+                            _osx_support._find_appropriate_compiler(
+                                    config_vars))
+
+    def test__remove_universal_flags(self):
+        config_vars = {
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3 -arch ppc -arch i386  ',
+        'LDFLAGS': '-arch ppc -arch i386   -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I. -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g',
+        }
+        expected_vars = {
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3    ',
+        'LDFLAGS': '    -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I.  ',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle    -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle      -g',
+        }
+        self.add_expected_saved_initial_values(config_vars, expected_vars)
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected_vars,
+                            _osx_support._remove_universal_flags(
+                                    config_vars))
+
+    def test__remove_unsupported_archs(self):
+        config_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang',
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3 -arch ppc -arch i386  ',
+        'LDFLAGS': '-arch ppc -arch i386   -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I. -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g',
+        }
+        expected_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang',
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3  -arch i386  ',
+        'LDFLAGS': ' -arch i386   -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I. -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle   -arch i386 -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle   -arch i386 '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g',
+        }
+        self.add_expected_saved_initial_values(config_vars, expected_vars)
+
+        suffix = (':' + self.env['PATH']) if self.env['PATH'] else ''
+        self.env['PATH'] = os.path.abspath(self.temp_path_dir) + suffix
+        c_name = 'clang'
+        test.test_support.unlink(c_name)
+        self.addCleanup(test.test_support.unlink, c_name)
+        # exit status 255 means no PPC support in this compiler chain
+        with open(c_name, 'w') as f:
+            f.write("#!/bin/sh\nexit 255")
+        os.chmod(c_name, stat.S_IRWXU)
+        self.assertEqual(expected_vars,
+                            _osx_support._remove_unsupported_archs(
+                                    config_vars))
+
+    def test__override_all_archs(self):
+        self.env['ARCHFLAGS'] = '-arch x86_64'
+        config_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang',
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3 -arch ppc -arch i386  ',
+        'LDFLAGS': '-arch ppc -arch i386   -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I. -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle -arch ppc -arch i386 '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g',
+        }
+        expected_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang',
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3     -arch x86_64',
+        'LDFLAGS': '    -g -arch x86_64',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I. -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle    -g -arch x86_64',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle   -isysroot '
+                        '/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk -g -arch x86_64',
+        }
+        self.add_expected_saved_initial_values(config_vars, expected_vars)
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected_vars,
+                            _osx_support._override_all_archs(
+                                    config_vars))
+
+    def test__check_for_unavailable_sdk(self):
+        config_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang',
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3 -arch ppc -arch i386  '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.1.sdk',
+        'LDFLAGS': '-arch ppc -arch i386   -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I. -isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.1.sdk',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.1.sdk -g',
+        }
+        expected_vars = {
+        'CC': 'clang',
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3 -arch ppc -arch i386  '
+                        ' ',
+        'LDFLAGS': '-arch ppc -arch i386   -g',
+        'CPPFLAGS': '-I.  ',
+        'BLDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 -g',
+        'LDSHARED': 'gcc-4.0 -bundle  -arch ppc -arch i386 '
+                        ' -g',
+        }
+        self.add_expected_saved_initial_values(config_vars, expected_vars)
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected_vars,
+                            _osx_support._check_for_unavailable_sdk(
+                                    config_vars))
+
+    def test_get_platform_osx(self):
+        # Note, get_platform_osx is currently tested more extensively
+        # indirectly by test_sysconfig and test_distutils
+        config_vars = {
+        'CFLAGS': '-fno-strict-aliasing  -g -O3 -arch ppc -arch i386  '
+                        '-isysroot /Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.1.sdk',
+        'MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET': '10.6',
+        }
+        result = _osx_support.get_platform_osx(config_vars, ' ', ' ', ' ')
+        self.assertEqual(('macosx', '10.6', 'fat'), result)
+
+def test_main():
+    if sys.platform == 'darwin':
+        test.test_support.run_unittest(Test_OSXSupport)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_main()
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
index 716fa5e..755f35f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
                        get_path, get_path_names, _INSTALL_SCHEMES,
                        _get_default_scheme, _expand_vars,
                        get_scheme_names, get_config_var)
+import _osx_support
 
 class TestSysConfig(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@
                    ('Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: '
                     'Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; '
                     'root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386'), 'PowerPC'))
+        _osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
         get_config_vars()['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '10.3'
 
         get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g '
@@ -156,6 +158,7 @@
                    ('Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: '
                     'Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; '
                     'root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386'), 'i386'))
+        _osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
         get_config_vars()['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '10.3'
 
         get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g '
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@
             sys.maxint = maxint
 
         # macbook with fat binaries (fat, universal or fat64)
+        _osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
         get_config_vars()['MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET'] = '10.4'
         get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot '
                                        '/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk  '
@@ -179,6 +183,7 @@
 
         self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'macosx-10.4-fat')
 
+        _osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
         get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-arch x86_64 -arch i386 -isysroot '
                                        '/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk  '
                                        '-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common '
@@ -186,18 +191,21 @@
 
         self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'macosx-10.4-intel')
 
+        _osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
         get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot '
                                        '/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk  '
                                        '-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common '
                                        '-dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -O3')
         self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'macosx-10.4-fat3')
 
+        _osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
         get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-arch ppc64 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -arch i386 -isysroot '
                                        '/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk  '
                                        '-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common '
                                        '-dynamic -DNDEBUG -g -O3')
         self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'macosx-10.4-universal')
 
+        _osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
         get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-arch x86_64 -arch ppc64 -isysroot '
                                        '/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk  '
                                        '-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common '
@@ -206,6 +214,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(get_platform(), 'macosx-10.4-fat64')
 
         for arch in ('ppc', 'i386', 'x86_64', 'ppc64'):
+            _osx_support._remove_original_values(get_config_vars())
             get_config_vars()['CFLAGS'] = ('-arch %s -isysroot '
                                            '/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk  '
                                            '-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common '