diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 15af766..588a5c6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -923,6 +923,9 @@
 
 - Issue #17161: make install now also installs a python2 and python man page.
 
+- Issue #16848: python-config now returns proper --ldflags values for OS X
+  framework builds.
+
 Tools/Demos
 -----------
 
diff --git a/Misc/python-config.in b/Misc/python-config.in
index 552bbd5..ca9857a 100644
--- a/Misc/python-config.in
+++ b/Misc/python-config.in
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
         if opt == '--ldflags':
             if not getvar('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
                 libs.insert(0, '-L' + getvar('LIBPL'))
-            libs.extend(getvar('LINKFORSHARED').split())
+            if not getvar('PYTHONFRAMEWORK'):
+                libs.extend(getvar('LINKFORSHARED').split())
         print ' '.join(libs)