diff --git a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
index 529d0e6..bbf7c4a 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/sysconfig.py
@@ -140,7 +140,12 @@
     """Return full pathname of installed pyconfig.h file."""
     if python_build: inc_dir = '.'
     else:            inc_dir = get_python_inc(plat_specific=1)
-    return os.path.join(inc_dir, "pyconfig.h")
+    if sys.version < '2.2':
+        config_h = 'config.h'
+    else:
+        # The name of the config.h file changed in 2.2
+        config_h = 'pyconfig.h'
+    return os.path.join(inc_dir, config_h)
 
 
 def get_makefile_filename():