diff --git a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
index 0ea9cfe..1a24d5b 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/ccompiler.py
@@ -1098,6 +1098,8 @@ def gen_lib_options (compiler, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs, libraries):
         else:
             lib_opts.append(opt)
 
+    lib_opts.append("-Wl,-Bdynamic")
+
     # XXX it's important that we *not* remove redundant library mentions!
     # sometimes you really do have to say "-lfoo -lbar -lfoo" in order to
     # resolve all symbols.  I just hope we never have to say "-lfoo obj.o
@@ -1115,4 +1117,6 @@ def gen_lib_options (compiler, library_dirs, runtime_library_dirs, libraries):
                               "'%s' found (skipping)" % lib)
         else:
             lib_opts.append(compiler.library_option (lib))
+
+    lib_opts.append("-Wl,-Bstatic")
     return lib_opts
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
index dddf412..3edccb6 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/cygwinccompiler.py
@@ -413,6 +413,9 @@ def _find_exe_version(cmd):
         out_string = out.read()
     finally:
         out.close()
+    out_string = out_string.split(b'\n',1)[0].replace(b'-win32',b'')
+    if out_string.isdigit():
+        return out_string.decode()
     result = RE_VERSION.search(out_string)
     if result is None:
         return None
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
index f159586..004e89f 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/unixccompiler.py
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ class UnixCCompiler(CCompiler):
 
                 if sys.platform == 'darwin':
                     linker = _osx_support.compiler_fixup(linker, ld_args)
+                else:
+                    ld_args += linker[i+offset+1:]
+                    linker = [linker[i+offset]]
 
                 self.spawn(linker + ld_args)
             except DistutilsExecError as msg:
diff --git a/Misc/python.pc.in b/Misc/python.pc.in
index 3900190..a14e42b 100644
--- a/Misc/python.pc.in
+++ b/Misc/python.pc.in
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Description: Build a C extension for Python
 Requires:
 Version: @VERSION@
 Libs.private: @LIBS@
-Libs: -L${libdir} -lpython@VERSION@@ABIFLAGS@
+Libs: -L${libdir} -L${prefix}/bin -Wl,-Bdynamic -lpython@VERSION@@ABIFLAGS@ -Wl,-Bstatic
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/python@VERSION@@ABIFLAGS@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6210e41..51432a8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ if test $enable_shared = "yes"; then
     *-*-mingw*)
         LDLIBRARY='libpython$(LDVERSION).dll.a'
         DLLLIBRARY='libpython$(LDVERSION).dll'
-        BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(LDVERSION)'
+        BLDLIBRARY='-L. -Wl,-Bdynamic -lpython$(LDVERSION) -Wl,-Bstatic'
         ;;
   esac
 else # shared is disabled
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a7a2e7..88e116a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ class PyBuildExt(build_ext):
             # poor man's shlex, the re module is not available yet.
             value = config_vars.get(name)
             if not value:
-                return ()
+                return []
             # This trick works because ax_check_openssl uses --libs-only-L,
             # --libs-only-l, and --cflags-only-I.
             value = ' ' + value