diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 7e6654d..7313145 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 84586 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 84675 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.65 for python 3.1.
 #
@@ -4870,6 +4870,10 @@
 	BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	RUNSHARED='DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH}'
 	;;
+    AIX*)
+	LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
+	RUNSHARED=LIBPATH=`pwd`:${LIBPATH}
+	;;
 
   esac
 else # shared is disabled
@@ -7472,7 +7476,7 @@
 then
 	case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
 	AIX*)
-		BLDSHARED="\$(srcdir)/Modules/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:Modules/python.exp"
+		BLDSHARED="\$(srcdir)/Modules/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:Modules/python.exp -L\$(srcdir)"
 		LDSHARED="\$(BINLIBDEST)/config/ld_so_aix \$(CC) -bI:\$(BINLIBDEST)/config/python.exp"
 		;;
 	IRIX/5*) LDSHARED="ld -shared";;
@@ -13380,6 +13384,8 @@
 # generate output files
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Makefile.pre Modules/Setup.config Misc/python.pc"
 
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files Modules/ld_so_aix"
+
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
 # tests run on this system so they can be shared between configure
@@ -14072,6 +14078,7 @@
     "Makefile.pre") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Makefile.pre" ;;
     "Modules/Setup.config") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Modules/Setup.config" ;;
     "Misc/python.pc") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Misc/python.pc" ;;
+    "Modules/ld_so_aix") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES Modules/ld_so_aix" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
@@ -14611,6 +14618,11 @@
 
   esac
 
+
+  case $ac_file$ac_mode in
+    "Modules/ld_so_aix":F) chmod +x Modules/ld_so_aix ;;
+
+  esac
 done # for ac_tag