diff -uNr Python-2.6.9.orig/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py Python-2.6.9/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py
--- Python-2.6.9.orig/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py	2013-10-29 16:04:37.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-2.6.9/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_ext.py	2014-06-20 17:14:14.700080398 +0200
@@ -35,6 +35,24 @@
         sys.path.append(self.tmp_dir)
         shutil.copy(_get_source_filename(), self.tmp_dir)
 
+    def _fixup_command(self, cmd):
+        # When Python was build with --enable-shared, -L. is not good enough
+        # to find the libpython<blah>.so.  This is because regrtest runs it
+        # under a tempdir, not in the top level where the .so lives.  By the
+        # time we've gotten here, Python's already been chdir'd to the
+        # tempdir.
+        #
+        # To further add to the fun, we can't just add library_dirs to the
+        # Extension() instance because that doesn't get plumbed through to the
+        # final compiler command.
+        if not sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+            runshared = sysconfig.get_config_var('RUNSHARED')
+            if runshared is None:
+                cmd.library_dirs = ['.']
+            else:
+                name, equals, value = runshared.partition('=')
+                cmd.library_dirs = value.split(os.pathsep)
+
     def test_build_ext(self):
         global ALREADY_TESTED
         xx_c = os.path.join(self.tmp_dir, 'xxmodule.c')
@@ -42,6 +60,7 @@
         dist = Distribution({'name': 'xx', 'ext_modules': [xx_ext]})
         dist.package_dir = self.tmp_dir
         cmd = build_ext(dist)
+        self._fixup_command(cmd)
         if os.name == "nt":
             # On Windows, we must build a debug version iff running
             # a debug build of Python
@@ -242,6 +261,7 @@
         dist = Distribution({'name': 'xx',
                              'ext_modules': [ext]})
         cmd = build_ext(dist)
+        self._fixup_command(cmd)
         cmd.ensure_finalized()
         self.assertEquals(len(cmd.get_outputs()), 1)