diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ea290c4..6c3eba2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -21,13 +21,45 @@ if echo $CC | grep -q "gcc"; then
 fi
 
 AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.6],, [AC_ERROR([Python is required])])
-saved_deployment_target=$MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
-unset MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
-PYTHON_CONFIG=${PYTHON}-config
-PYTHON_CFLAGS=$($PYTHON_CONFIG --includes)
-PYTHON_LDFLAGS=
-PYTHON_LIBS=$($PYTHON_CONFIG --libs)
-export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=$saved_deployment_target
+PYTHON_PREFIX=$($PYTHON -c 'import sys; print(sys.prefix)')
+PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX=$($PYTHON -c 'import sys; print(sys.exec_prefix)')
+PYTHON_ABIFLAGS=$($PYTHON -c 'import sys; print(getattr(sys, "abiflags", ""))')
+PYTHON_CFLAGS=""
+PYTHON_LDFLAGS=""
+PYTHON_LIBS=""
+AC_DEFUN([ADD_PYTHON_INCDIR], [
+if [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
+    PYTHON_CFLAGS="-I\"$1\" $PYTHON_CFLAGS"
+fi
+])
+AC_DEFUN([ADD_PYTHON_LIBDIR], [
+if [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
+    PYTHON_LIBS="-L\"$1\" $PYTHON_LIBS"
+fi
+])
+ADD_PYTHON_INCDIR([${PYTHON_PREFIX}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}${PYTHON_ABIFLAGS}/])
+ADD_PYTHON_LIBDIR([${PYTHON_PREFIX}/lib/])
+ADD_PYTHON_LIBDIR([${PYTHON_PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/config/])
+ADD_PYTHON_LIBDIR([${PYTHON_PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/config-${PYTHON_VERSION}${PYTHON_ABIFLAGS}/])
+if [[ "$PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX" != "$PYTHON_PREFIX" ]]; then
+  ADD_PYTHON_INCDIR([${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}${PYTHON_ABIFLAGS}/])
+  ADD_PYTHON_LIBDIR([${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}/lib/])
+  ADD_PYTHON_LIBDIR([${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/config/])
+  ADD_PYTHON_LIBDIR([${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/config-${PYTHON_VERSION}${PYTHON_ABIFLAGS}/])
+fi
+PYTHON_LIBS="$PYTHON_LIBS $($PYTHON -c ["result = None
+try:
+  import sysconfig
+  lib = sysconfig.get_config_var('PY3LIBRARY')
+  if lib is not None and len(lib) > 0:
+    result = '-lpython3'
+except:
+  pass
+if result is None:
+  result = '-lpython${PYTHON_VERSION}${PYTHON_ABIFLAGS}'
+print(result)
+"])"
+
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(PYTHON_LIBS)