--- python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py~	2012-08-30 08:52:27.832868332 +0200
+++ python-2.6.4/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py	2012-08-30 09:20:59.939718180 +0200
@@ -301,11 +301,13 @@
         shared_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='shared')
         dylib_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='dylib')
         static_f = self.library_filename(lib, lib_type='static')
+        libtool_f = static_f.replace ('.a', '.la')
 
         for dir in dirs:
             shared = os.path.join(dir, shared_f)
             dylib = os.path.join(dir, dylib_f)
             static = os.path.join(dir, static_f)
+            libtool = os.path.join(dir, libtool_f)
             # We're second-guessing the linker here, with not much hard
             # data to go on: GCC seems to prefer the shared library, so I'm
             # assuming that *all* Unix C compilers do.  And of course I'm
@@ -316,6 +318,8 @@
                 return shared
             elif os.path.exists(static):
                 return static
+            elif os.path.exists(libtool):
+                return libtool
 
         # Oops, didn't find it in *any* of 'dirs'
         return None