diff --git a/Makefile.pre.in b/Makefile.pre.in
index c6a053ebe24..7fd60a118a3 100644
--- a/Makefile.pre.in
+++ b/Makefile.pre.in
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ MAINOBJ=	@MAINOBJ@
 LIBOBJS=	@LIBOBJS@
 DLINCLDIR=	@DLINCLDIR@
 DYNLOADFILE=	@DYNLOADFILE@
+MACHDEP_OBJS=	@MACHDEP_OBJS@
 
 PYTHON=		python$(EXE)
 
@@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ PYTHON_OBJS=	\
 		Python/traceback.o \
 		Python/getopt.o \
 		Python/$(DYNLOADFILE) \
+		$(MACHDEP_OBJS) \
 		$(LIBOBJS)
 
 
@@ -411,6 +413,8 @@ Objects/object.o: $(srcdir)/Objects/object.c $(srcdir)/Objects/obmalloc.c
 Objects/unicodectype.o:	$(srcdir)/Objects/unicodectype.c \
 				$(srcdir)/Objects/unicodetype_db.h
 
+Mac/Python/macglue.o: $(srcdir)/Mac/Python/macglue.c
+		$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -I$(srcdir)/Mac/Include -I$(srcdir)/Python -o $@ $(srcdir)/Mac/Python/macglue.c
 
 ############################################################################
 # Header files
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 6753327247a..18c62117b4a 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@
    (shared library plus accessory files). */
 #undef WITH_NEXT_FRAMEWORK
 
+/* Define if you want to use MacPython modules on MacOSX in unix-Python */
+#undef USE_TOOLBOX_OBJECT_GLUE
+
 /* Define if you want to use SGI (IRIX 4) dynamic linking.
    This requires the "dl" library by Jack Jansen,
    ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/dynload/dl-1.6.tar.Z.
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 890aae2bd05..561c10493c8 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ then
 	# crt1.o) gets erroneously defined as common, which breaks dynamic
 	# loading of any modules which reference it in System.framework
 	next/4*|next/5*) LINKFORSHARED="-u __dummy -framework System" ;;
-	Darwin/*) LINKFORSHARED="-u __dummy -framework System -framework Foundation" ;;
+	Darwin/*) LINKFORSHARED="-u __dummy -u _PyMac_Error -framework System -framework Foundation -framework Carbon" ;;
 	UnixWare*) LINKFORSHARED="-dy -Bdynamic -Wl,-Bexport";;
 	SCO_SV*) LINKFORSHARED="-Bdynamic -dy -Wl,-Bexport";;
 	ReliantUNIX*) LINKFORSHARED="-W1 -Blargedynsym";;
@@ -997,6 +997,22 @@ then
 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DYNAMIC_LOADING)
 fi
 
+# MACHDEP_OBJS can be set to platform-specific object files needed by Python
+
+AC_SUBST(MACHDEP_OBJS)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(MACHDEP_OBJS)
+if test -z "$MACHDEP_OBJS"
+then
+	case $ac_sys_system/$ac_sys_release in
+	Darwin/*)
+		MACHDEP_OBJS="Mac/Python/macglue.o"
+		AC_DEFINE(USE_TOOLBOX_OBJECT_GLUE)
+		;;
+	*) MACHDEP_OBJS="";;
+	esac
+fi
+AC_MSG_RESULT($DYNLOADFILE)
+
 # checks for library functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS(alarm chown clock confstr ctermid ctermid_r execv \
  flock fork fsync fdatasync fpathconf ftime ftruncate \