diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
index a29ca96..7efa0ec 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sysconfig.py
@@ -386,8 +386,7 @@ class TestSysConfig(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIsNotNone(vars['SO'])
         self.assertEqual(vars['SO'], vars['EXT_SUFFIX'])
 
-    @unittest.skipUnless(sys.platform == 'linux' and
-                         hasattr(sys.implementation, '_multiarch'),
+    @unittest.skipUnless(False,
                          'multiarch-specific test')
     def test_triplet_in_ext_suffix(self):
         ctypes = import_module('ctypes')
diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index 5e88e3f..5bcde6b 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ AR=		@AR@
 RANLIB=		@RANLIB@
 READELF=	@READELF@
 SOABI=		@SOABI@
+SOABI3=		@SOABI3@
 LDVERSION=	@LDVERSION@
 GITVERSION=	@GITVERSION@
 GITTAG=		@GITTAG@
@@ -764,6 +765,7 @@ Modules/signalmodule.o: $(srcdir)/Modules/signalmodule.c $(srcdir)/Modules/posix
 Python/dynload_shlib.o: $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_shlib.c Makefile
 	$(CC) -c $(PY_CORE_CFLAGS) \
 		-DSOABI='"$(SOABI)"' \
+		-DSOABI3='"$(SOABI3)"' \
 		-o $@ $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_shlib.c
 
 Python/dynload_hpux.o: $(srcdir)/Python/dynload_hpux.c Makefile
diff --git a/Python/dynload_shlib.c b/Python/dynload_shlib.c
index c51f97ab..aa27cf17 100644
--- a/Python/dynload_shlib.c
+++ b/Python/dynload_shlib.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const char *_PyImport_DynLoadFiletab[] = {
     ".dll",
 #else  /* !__CYGWIN__ */
     "." SOABI ".so",
+    "." SOABI3 ".so",
 #ifdef ALT_SOABI
     "." ALT_SOABI ".so",
 #endif
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fc1dba6..0478610 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4636,10 +4636,12 @@ AC_C_BIGENDIAN
 # would get a shared library ABI version tag of 'cpython-32dmu' and shared
 # libraries would be named 'foo.cpython-32dmu.so'.
 AC_SUBST(SOABI)
+AC_SUBST(SOABI3)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(ABIFLAGS)
 AC_MSG_RESULT($ABIFLAGS)
-AC_MSG_CHECKING(SOABI)
-SOABI='cpython-'`echo $VERSION | tr -d .`${ABIFLAGS}${PLATFORM_TRIPLET:+-$PLATFORM_TRIPLET}
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(SOABI3)
+SOABI3='cpython-'`echo $VERSION | tr -d .`${ABIFLAGS}${PLATFORM_TRIPLET:+-$PLATFORM_TRIPLET}
+SOABI='cpython-'`echo $VERSION | tr -d .`${ABIFLAGS}
 AC_MSG_RESULT($SOABI)
 
 AC_SUBST(EXT_SUFFIX)