2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2089ceb24c..7fb305c2ad 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ Tools/Demos
 
 - Issue #7287: Demo/imputil/knee.py was removed.
 
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #10094: Use versioned .so files on GNU/kfreeBSD and the GNU Hurd.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.2 Alpha 3?
 =================================
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index dc74743c14..01d81e9671 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -3652,7 +3652,8 @@ then
 		esac
 		;;
 	CYGWIN*)   SO=.dll;;
-	Linux*)    SO=.${SOABI}.so;;
+	Linux*|GNU*)
+		   SO=.${SOABI}.so;;
 	*)	   SO=.so;;
 	esac
 else