diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 88f8f07..a439f3f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ from this_version import get_aubio_version, get_aubio_pyversion
 __version__ = get_aubio_pyversion()
 __aubio_version__ = get_aubio_version()
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 8):
+    libraries = [ 'python%s.%s' % (str(sys.version_info.major), str(sys.version_info.minor)) ]
+else:
+    libraries = []
 
 include_dirs = []
 library_dirs = []
 define_macros = [('AUBIO_VERSION', '%s' % __aubio_version__)]
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ sources = sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join('python', 'ext', '*.c')))
 
 aubio_extension = Extension("aubio._aubio",
     sources,
+    libraries = libraries,
     include_dirs = include_dirs,
     library_dirs = library_dirs,
     extra_link_args = extra_link_args,