@@ -, +, @@ 
---
 Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py | 2 +-
 Makefile.pre.in            | 2 ++
 Python/dynload_shlib.c     | 1 +
 configure.ac               | 6 ++++--
 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py	
+++ a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py	
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ class TestSysConfig(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsNotNone(vars['SO'])
         self.assertEqual(vars['SO'], vars['EXT_SUFFIX'])
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform == 'linux', 'Linux-specific test')
+    @unittest.skipUnless(False, 'Linux-specific test')
     def test_triplet_in_ext_suffix(self):
         import ctypes, platform, re
         machine = platform.machine()
--- a/Makefile.pre.in	
+++ a/Makefile.pre.in	
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ AR=		@AR@
 RANLIB=		@RANLIB@
 READELF=	@READELF@
 SOABI=		@SOABI@
+SOABI3=		@SOABI3@
 LDVERSION=	@LDVERSION@
 HGVERSION=	@HGVERSION@
 HGTAG=		@HGTAG@
@@ -767,6 +768,7 @@ Modules/signalmodule.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/signalmodule.c $(srcdir)/Modules/posix
 Python/dynload_shlib.o: $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_shlib.c Makefile
 	$(CC) -c $(PY_CORE_CFLAGS) \
 		-DSOABI='"$(SOABI)"' \
+		-DSOABI3='"$(SOABI3)"' \
 		-o $@ $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_shlib.c
 
 Python/dynload_hpux.o: $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_hpux.c Makefile
--- a/Python/dynload_shlib.c	
+++ a/Python/dynload_shlib.c	
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const char *_PyImport_DynLoadFiletab[] = {
     ".dll",
 #else  /* !__CYGWIN__ */
     "." SOABI ".so",
+    "." SOABI3 ".so",
     ".abi" PYTHON_ABI_STRING ".so",
     ".so",
 #endif  /* __CYGWIN__ */
--- a/configure.ac	
+++ a/configure.ac	
@@ -4354,10 +4354,12 @@ AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 # would get a shared library ABI version tag of 'cpython-32dmu' and shared
 # libraries would be named 'foo.cpython-32dmu.so'.
 AC_SUBST(SOABI)
+AC_SUBST(SOABI3)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(ABIFLAGS)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ABIFLAGS)
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(SOABI)
-SOABI='cpython-'`echo $VERSION | tr -d .`${ABIFLAGS}${PLATFORM_TRIPLET:+-$PLATFORM_TRIPLET}
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(SOABI3)
+SOABI3='cpython-'`echo $VERSION | tr -d .`${ABIFLAGS}${PLATFORM_TRIPLET:+-$PLATFORM_TRIPLET}
+SOABI='cpython-'`echo $VERSION | tr -d .`${ABIFLAGS}
 AC_MSG_RESULT($SOABI)
 
 AC_SUBST(EXT_SUFFIX)
--