diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
index 104be0b349c..453330fea82 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_scripts.py
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ class build_scripts (Command):
                         outf.write("#!%s%s\n" %
                                    (os.path.join(
                             sysconfig.get_config_var("BINDIR"),
-                            "python" + sysconfig.get_config_var("VERSION")
-                                     + sysconfig.get_config_var("EXE")),
+                           "python%s%s" % (sysconfig.get_config_var("VERSION"),
+                                           sysconfig.get_config_var("EXE"))),
                                     post_interp))
                     outf.writelines(f.readlines())
                     outf.close()
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_scripts.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_scripts.py
index 666ca44c1d3..2acfab828ef 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_scripts.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_build_scripts.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import unittest
 
 from distutils.command.build_scripts import build_scripts
 from distutils.core import Distribution
+from distutils import sysconfig
 
 from distutils.tests import support
 
@@ -73,6 +74,33 @@ class BuildScriptsTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
         f.write(text)
         f.close()
 
+    def test_version_int(self):
+        source = self.mkdtemp()
+        target = self.mkdtemp()
+        expected = self.write_sample_scripts(source)
+
+
+        cmd = self.get_build_scripts_cmd(target,
+                                         [os.path.join(source, fn)
+                                          for fn in expected])
+        cmd.finalize_options()
+
+        # http://bugs.python.org/issue4524
+        #
+        # On linux-g++-32 with command line `./configure --enable-ipv6
+        # --with-suffix=3`, python is compiled okay but the build scripts
+        # failed when writing the name of the executable
+        old = sysconfig._config_vars.get('VERSION')
+        sysconfig._config_vars['VERSION'] = 4
+        try:
+            cmd.run()
+        finally:
+            if old is not None:
+                sysconfig._config_vars['VERSION'] = old
+
+        built = os.listdir(target)
+        for name in expected:
+            self.assert_(name in built)
 
 def test_suite():
     return unittest.makeSuite(BuildScriptsTestCase)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index de3f6be4e26..9b734d0973d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #4524: distutils build_script command failed with --with-suffix=3.
+  Initial patch by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc.
+
 - Issue #4998: The memory saving effect of __slots__ had been lost on Fractions
   which inherited from numbers.py which did not have __slots__ defined.  The
   numbers hierarchy now has its own __slots__ declarations.