diff -aur dia-0.97/acinclude.m4 dia-0.97b/acinclude.m4
--- dia-0.97/acinclude.m4	2009-04-17 10:25:23.000000000 +0200
+++ dia-0.97b/acinclude.m4	2009-05-30 12:13:05.000000000 +0200
@@ -239,7 +239,12 @@
     PYTHON_LIBS="-L${py_config_dir} -lpython${PYTHON_VERSION} $py_localmodlibs $py_basemodlibs $py_other_libs"
     AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
   else
-    AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
+    if test -e "${py_prefix}/lib/libpython${PYTHON_VERSION}.a"; then
+      PYTHON_LIBS="-L${py_prefix}/lib -lpython${PYTHON_VERSION} $py_localmodlibs $py_basemodlibs $py_other_libs"
+      AC_MSG_RESULT(found)
+    else
+      AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)
+    fi
   fi
 else
   AC_MSG_RESULT(not found)