---
 src/setup_common.py |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/src/setup_common.py
+++ b/src/setup_common.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import subprocess, sys
 if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
     import commands as subprocess
 from os import path as os_path
-from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib
+from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib, get_config_var
 
 # libxml2 - C flags
 def libxml2_include(incdir):
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ def libxml2_lib(libdir, libs):
             libs.append(l.replace("-l", "", 1))
 
     # this library is not reported and we need it anyway
-    libs.append('xml2mod')
+    if get_config_var("SOABI"):
+        libs.append('xml2mod.%s' % get_config_var("SOABI"))
+    else:
+        libs.append('xml2mod')