diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f2a5091afb5..cd63e3219c6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -701,6 +701,8 @@ Library
 Build
 -----
 
+- Patch #1432345: Make python compile on DragonFly.
+
 - Build support for Win64-AMD64 was added.
 
 - Patch #1428494: Prefer linking against ncursesw over ncurses library.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 327a45052a5..9cb63768ecf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 42307 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 42382 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.59 for python 2.5.
 #
@@ -3413,7 +3413,7 @@ _ACEOF
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
           ;;
-    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*)
+    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
@@ -10986,7 +10986,7 @@ then
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
-	NetBSD*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
+	NetBSD*|DragonFly*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
 		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
@@ -11019,7 +11019,7 @@ then
 		 fi;;
 	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) CCSHARED="-fpic";;
-	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
 		then CCSHARED="-fPIC"
@@ -11072,7 +11072,7 @@ then
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*) LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-Bexport";;
 	SCO_SV*) LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-Bexport";;
 	ReliantUNIX*) LINKFORSHARED="-W1 -Blargedynsym";;
-	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*)
+	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*)
 		if [ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]
 		then
 			LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
@@ -14972,6 +14972,7 @@ cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
 #include "confdefs.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 29eb168b49e..ea2dcbdc3dc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ if test $enable_shared = "yes"; then
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
 	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
           ;;
-    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*)
+    Linux*|GNU*|NetBSD*|FreeBSD*|DragonFly*)
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ then
 		else
 			LDSHARED="ld -Bshareable ${LDFLAGS}"
 		fi;;
-	NetBSD*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
+	NetBSD*|DragonFly*) LDSHARED="cc -shared ${LDFLAGS}";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
 		then LDSHARED='$(CC) -shared'
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ then
 		 fi;;
 	Linux*|GNU*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	BSD/OS*/4*) CCSHARED="-fpic";;
-	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*)
 		if test "$GCC" = "yes"
 		then CCSHARED="-fPIC"
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ then
 	OpenUNIX*|UnixWare*) LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-Bexport";;
 	SCO_SV*) LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,-Bexport";;
 	ReliantUNIX*) LINKFORSHARED="-W1 -Blargedynsym";;
-	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*) 
+	FreeBSD*|NetBSD*|OpenBSD*|DragonFly*) 
 		if [[ "`$CC -dM -E - </dev/null | grep __ELF__`" != "" ]]
 		then
 			LINKFORSHARED="-Wl,--export-dynamic"
@@ -2247,6 +2247,7 @@ AC_TRY_LINK([
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for inet_aton)
 AC_TRY_LINK([
 #include "confdefs.h" 
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <netinet/in.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>