--- configure.orig	Sat Oct  4 13:27:50 2003
+++ configure	Sat Oct  4 13:29:05 2003
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@
 VERSION=2.4
 
 
-SOVERSION=1.0
+SOVERSION=1
 
 # The later defininition of _XOPEN_SOURCE disables certain features
 # on Linux, so we need _GNU_SOURCE to re-enable them (makedev, tm_zone).
@@ -3396,6 +3396,12 @@
 	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
 	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
 	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
+	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
+	  ;;
+    FreeBSD*)
+	  LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
+	  BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
+	  RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 	  INSTSONAME="$LDLIBRARY".$SOVERSION
 	  ;;
     hp*|HP*)