diff -u -r Python-3.3.3-orig//configure.ac Python-3.3.3/configure.ac
--- Python-3.3.3-orig//configure.ac	2014-03-06 05:25:46.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-3.3.3/configure.ac	2014-03-06 05:26:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -2247,10 +2247,13 @@
 
 if test "$with_system_ffi" = "yes" && test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then
     LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR="`"$PKG_CONFIG" libffi --cflags-only-I 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/^-I//;s/ *$//'`"
+    LIBFFI_LIB="`"$PKG_CONFIG" libffi --libs-only-l 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/^-l//;s/ *$//'`"
 else
     LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR=""
+    LIBFFI_LIB=""
 fi
 AC_SUBST(LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR)
+AC_SUBST(LIBFFI_LIB)
 
 AC_MSG_RESULT($with_system_ffi)
 
diff -u -r Python-3.3.3-orig//Makefile.pre.in Python-3.3.3/Makefile.pre.in
--- Python-3.3.3-orig//Makefile.pre.in	2014-03-06 05:25:46.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-3.3.3/Makefile.pre.in	2014-03-06 05:26:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@
 
 
 LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR=	@LIBFFI_INCLUDEDIR@
+LIBFFI_LIB=	@LIBFFI_LIB@
 
 ##########################################################################
 # Parser
diff -u -r Python-3.3.3-orig//setup.py Python-3.3.3/setup.py
--- Python-3.3.3-orig//setup.py	2014-03-06 05:25:46.000000000 +0100
+++ Python-3.3.3/setup.py	2014-03-06 05:27:05.000000000 +0100
@@ -1763,8 +1763,10 @@
                         break
                     if line.startswith('#define LIBFFI_H'):
                         break
-        ffi_lib = None
-        if ffi_inc is not None:
+        ffi_lib = sysconfig.get_config_var("LIBFFI_LIB")
+        if not ffi_lib or ffi_lib == '':
+            ffi_lib = None
+        if ffi_inc is not None and ffi_lib is None:
             for lib_name in ('ffi_convenience', 'ffi_pic', 'ffi'):
                 if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, lib_name)):
                     ffi_lib = lib_name