Issue #12560: Build libpython.so on OpenBSD. Patch by Stefan Sperling.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 65490db..0958490 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@
 Paul Sokolovsky
 Cody Somerville
 Clay Spence
+Stefan Sperling
 Per Spilling
 Joshua Spoerri
 Noah Spurrier
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8ee7221..9f18a61 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12560: Build libpython.so on OpenBSD. Patch by Stefan Sperling.
+
 - Issue #1813: Fix codec lookup and setting/getting locales under Turkish
   locales.
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f355e44..3af5eeb 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4919,7 +4919,7 @@
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
           ;;
-    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*)
+    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*|OpenBSD*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a0705ac..139b21b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
           ;;
-    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*)
+    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*|OpenBSD*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}