diff -up PyQt-x11-gpl-4.3.1/configure.py.64bit PyQt-x11-gpl-4.3.1/configure.py
--- PyQt-x11-gpl-4.3.1/configure.py.64bit	2007-10-22 20:50:50.000000000 -0500
+++ PyQt-x11-gpl-4.3.1/configure.py	2007-10-22 20:53:13.000000000 -0500
@@ -722,16 +722,15 @@ include(%s)
             else:
                 # Use distutils to get the additional configuration.
                 from distutils.sysconfig import get_config_vars
+                from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
                 ducfg = get_config_vars()
 
                 if sys.platform == "darwin":
                     # We need to work out how to specify the right framework
                     # version.
                     link = "-framework Python"
-                elif ("--enable-shared" in ducfg.get("CONFIG_ARGS", "") and
-                      glob.glob("%s/lib/libpython%d.%d*" % (ducfg["prefix"], py_major, py_minor))):
-                    lib_dir_flag = quote("-L%s/lib" % ducfg["prefix"])
-                    link = "%s -lpython%d.%d" % (lib_dir_flag, py_major, py_minor)
+                elif ("--enable-shared" in ducfg.get("CONFIG_ARGS", "") ): 
+                    link = "-L%s -lpython%d.%d" % (get_python_lib(plat_specific=1, standard_lib=1), py_major, py_minor)
                 else:
                     sipconfig.inform("Qt Designer plugin disabled because Python library is static")
                     enabled = False