diff --git a/src/tdedistutils.py b/src/tdedistutils.py
index 35cfb28..00a5ced 100644
--- a/src/tdedistutils.py
+++ b/src/tdedistutils.py
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ class BuildKControlModule(Command):
             cmdlist.append("-o"); cmdlist.append(os.path.join(self.build_dir,stub_la_name))
             # Link libs
             linklist = []
-            linklist.append("-lpython%s" % python_version)
+            linklist.append("-lpython%s%s" % (python_version, sys.abiflags))
             linklist.extend(sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBS").split())
 
             # FIXME I doubt half of these libraries need to be here.