--- PyQt-x11-gpl-4.6.1/configure.py.old	2009-11-04 17:08:24.000000000 +0100
+++ PyQt-x11-gpl-4.6.1/configure.py.old	2009-11-04 18:55:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -848,6 +848,8 @@ 
             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":
@@ -858,6 +860,9 @@ 
                       glob.glob("%s/lib/libpython%d.%d*" % (ducfg["exec_prefix"], py_major, py_minor))):
                     lib_dir_flag = quote("-L%s/lib" % ducfg["exec_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")
                     opts.designer_plugin = False