--- perl_ext/Makefile.PL	2008-07-03 16:03:46.000000000 -0400
+++ perl_ext/Makefile.PL.oden	2008-08-25 13:41:48.000000000 -0400
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
     clean   => {
         FILES   => "@do_clean",
     },
-    'MYEXTLIB'     => $MING_TOP_BUILDDIR . '/src/.libs/libming.a',
+    'MYEXTLIB'     => $MING_TOP_BUILDDIR . '/src/.libs/libming.so',
     'OBJECT'       => "$XS_OBJECTS",
     'LDFROM'       => "$LD_OBJECTS",
     'INC'          => "-I$MING_TOP_SRCDIR/src -I$BUILDDIR -I$MING_TOP_BUILDDIR/src -I$SRCDIR",
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
 
 sub ming_is_compiled
 {
-	my $libming = $MING_TOP_BUILDDIR."/src/.libs/libming.a";
+	my $libming = $MING_TOP_BUILDDIR."/src/.libs/libming.so";
 
 	if ( -e $libming )
 	{