diff -r ef864175dcc0 -r f7f6bb9b864a SConstruct
--- a/SConstruct	Thu Mar 14 16:08:55 2013 +0100
+++ b/SConstruct	Thu Mar 14 16:18:39 2013 +0100
@@ -839,6 +839,8 @@
 # shared library in prefix/lib/.
 if not py_getvar('Py_ENABLE_SHARED'):
     py_lib_path.append(py_getvar('LIBPL'))
+    # Python sometimes needs special flags when linking statically.
+    main.Append(LINKFLAGS=[py_getvar('LINKFORSHARED').split()])
 
 py_libs = []
 for lib in py_getvar('LIBS').split() + py_getvar('SYSLIBS').split():