diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 837f3e80c75..1475a04bdb3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.437 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.438 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57 for python 2.4.
 #
@@ -3595,6 +3595,7 @@ _ACEOF
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-R,$(LIBDIR) -L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
           ;;
     Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 5a4a22c85ca..289b2cf513b 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ if test $enable_shared = "yes"; then
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-Wl,-R,$(LIBDIR) -L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
           ;;
     Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'