Shared libraries also work on GNU/Hurd. Suggested by Matthias Klose.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 7e82ca5..5ea8c3e 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-rpath,$(LIBDIR) -L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
           ;;
-    Linux*)
+    Linux*|GNU*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH