diff --git a/Mac/Makefile.in b/Mac/Makefile.in
index 3981a96f007..673a15f872b 100644
--- a/Mac/Makefile.in
+++ b/Mac/Makefile.in
@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ pythonw: $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c Makefile
 		-DPYTHONWEXECUTABLE='"$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"'
 
 pythonw-32: $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -arch i386 -arch ppc $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c \
+	$(CC) $(subst -arch x86_64,,$(subst -arch ppc64,,$(LDFLAGS))) -o $@ @UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS@ $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c \
 		-DPYTHONWEXECUTABLE='"$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-32"'
 
 pythonw-64: $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c Makefile
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ -arch x86_64 -arch ppc64 $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c \
+	$(CC) $(subst -arch i386,,$(subst -arch ppc,,$(LDFLAGS))) -o $@ @UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS@ $(srcdir)/Tools/pythonw.c \
 		-DPYTHONWEXECUTABLE='"$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-64"'
 
 install_PythonLauncher:
@@ -215,8 +215,8 @@ install_Python:
 	rm "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/Info.plist.in"
 
 install_Python4way: install_Python
-	lipo  -extract i386 -extract ppc7400 -output "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-32" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
-	lipo  -extract x86_64 -extract ppc64 -output "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-64" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
+	lipo  @LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS@ -output "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-32" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
+	lipo  @LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS@ -output "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)-64" "$(DESTDIR)$(APPINSTALLDIR)/Contents/MacOS/$(PYTHONFRAMEWORK)"
 
 
 
diff --git a/Mac/README b/Mac/README
index c4f6b655fbe..3225af97c5e 100644
--- a/Mac/README
+++ b/Mac/README
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Mac-specific arguments to configure
   See the section _`Building and using a universal binary of Python on Mac OS X`
   for more information.
 
-* ``--with-univeral-archs=VALUE``
+* ``--with-universal-archs=VALUE``
 
   Specify the kind of universal binary that should be created. This option is 
   only valid when ``--enable-universalsdk`` is specified.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 713c1abf500..25d3cba3cee 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 78781 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 78805 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61 for python 2.6.
 #
@@ -658,6 +658,10 @@ SOVERSION
 CONFIG_ARGS
 UNIVERSALSDK
 ARCH_RUN_32BIT
+LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS
+LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS
+UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS
+UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS
 PYTHONFRAMEWORK
 PYTHONFRAMEWORKIDENTIFIER
 PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR
@@ -1922,6 +1926,10 @@ fi
 
 
 UNIVERSAL_ARCHS="32-bit"
+
+
+
+
 { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for --with-universal-archs" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for --with-universal-archs... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
 
@@ -2001,14 +2009,16 @@ if test "${enable_framework+set}" = set; then
 		PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR=$PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX/$PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR
 		FRAMEWORKINSTALLFIRST="frameworkinstallstructure"
 		FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLFIRST="frameworkinstallstructure bininstall maninstall"
-		if test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "all"
-		then
+		case "${UNIVERSAL_ARCHS}" in
+		all|3-way|intel)
 			FRAMEWORKINSTALLLAST="frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps4way frameworkinstallunixtools4way"
 			FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLLAST="frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps4way frameworkaltinstallunixtools4way"
-		else
+			;;
+		*)
 			FRAMEWORKINSTALLLAST="frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps frameworkinstallunixtools"
 			FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLLAST="frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps frameworkaltinstallunixtools"
-		fi
+			;;
+		esac
 
 		if test "x${prefix}" = "xNONE" ; then
 			FRAMEWORKUNIXTOOLSPREFIX="${ac_default_prefix}"
@@ -4700,28 +4710,39 @@ echo "${ECHO_T}$ac_cv_no_strict_aliasing_ok" >&6; }
 	    # -Wno-long-double, -no-cpp-precomp, and -mno-fused-madd
 	    # used to be here, but non-Apple gcc doesn't accept them.
 
-
 	    if test "${enable_universalsdk}"; then
 		UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS=""
 	        if test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "32-bit" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc -arch i386"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT=""
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc -arch i386"
 
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "64-bit" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="true"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "all" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="/usr/bin/arch -i386 -ppc"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS="-arch x86_64 -arch x86_64"
+		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS="-extract i386 -extract ppc7400"
+		   LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS="-extract x86_64 -extract ppc64"
 
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "intel" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="/usr/bin/arch -i386"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS="-arch i386"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS="-arch x86_64"
+		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS="-extract i386"
+		   LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS="-extract x86_64"
 
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "3-way" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="/usr/bin/arch -i386 -ppc"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch x86_64"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS="-arch x86_64"
+		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS="-extract i386 -extract ppc7400"
+		   LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS="-extract x86_64"
 
 		 else
 	           { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: proper usage is --with-universal-arch=32-bit|64-bit|all|intel|3-way" >&5
@@ -25849,6 +25870,10 @@ SOVERSION!$SOVERSION$ac_delim
 CONFIG_ARGS!$CONFIG_ARGS$ac_delim
 UNIVERSALSDK!$UNIVERSALSDK$ac_delim
 ARCH_RUN_32BIT!$ARCH_RUN_32BIT$ac_delim
+LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS!$LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS$ac_delim
+LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS!$LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS$ac_delim
+UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS!$UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS$ac_delim
+UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS!$UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS$ac_delim
 PYTHONFRAMEWORK!$PYTHONFRAMEWORK$ac_delim
 PYTHONFRAMEWORKIDENTIFIER!$PYTHONFRAMEWORKIDENTIFIER$ac_delim
 PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR!$PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR$ac_delim
@@ -25900,10 +25925,6 @@ OTHER_LIBTOOL_OPT!$OTHER_LIBTOOL_OPT$ac_delim
 LIBTOOL_CRUFT!$LIBTOOL_CRUFT$ac_delim
 SO!$SO$ac_delim
 LDSHARED!$LDSHARED$ac_delim
-BLDSHARED!$BLDSHARED$ac_delim
-CCSHARED!$CCSHARED$ac_delim
-LINKFORSHARED!$LINKFORSHARED$ac_delim
-CFLAGSFORSHARED!$CFLAGSFORSHARED$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
   if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 97; then
@@ -25945,6 +25966,10 @@ _ACEOF
 ac_delim='%!_!# '
 for ac_last_try in false false false false false :; do
   cat >conf$$subs.sed <<_ACEOF
+BLDSHARED!$BLDSHARED$ac_delim
+CCSHARED!$CCSHARED$ac_delim
+LINKFORSHARED!$LINKFORSHARED$ac_delim
+CFLAGSFORSHARED!$CFLAGSFORSHARED$ac_delim
 SHLIBS!$SHLIBS$ac_delim
 USE_SIGNAL_MODULE!$USE_SIGNAL_MODULE$ac_delim
 SIGNAL_OBJS!$SIGNAL_OBJS$ac_delim
@@ -25969,7 +25994,7 @@ SRCDIRS!$SRCDIRS$ac_delim
 LTLIBOBJS!$LTLIBOBJS$ac_delim
 _ACEOF
 
-  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 22; then
+  if test `sed -n "s/.*$ac_delim\$/X/p" conf$$subs.sed | grep -c X` = 26; then
     break
   elif $ac_last_try; then
     { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: could not make $CONFIG_STATUS" >&5
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 84035de4b4e..e7cbd67fcaa 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ AC_SUBST(UNIVERSALSDK)
 AC_SUBST(ARCH_RUN_32BIT)
 
 UNIVERSAL_ARCHS="32-bit"
+AC_SUBST(LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS)
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-universal-archs)
 AC_ARG_WITH(universal-archs,
     AC_HELP_STRING(--with-universal-archs=ARCH, select architectures for universal build ("32-bit", "64-bit", "3-way", "intel" or "all")),
@@ -176,14 +180,16 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(framework,
 		PYTHONFRAMEWORKINSTALLDIR=$PYTHONFRAMEWORKPREFIX/$PYTHONFRAMEWORKDIR
 		FRAMEWORKINSTALLFIRST="frameworkinstallstructure"
 		FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLFIRST="frameworkinstallstructure bininstall maninstall"
-		if test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "all"
-		then
+		case "${UNIVERSAL_ARCHS}" in
+		all|3-way|intel)
 			FRAMEWORKINSTALLLAST="frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps4way frameworkinstallunixtools4way"
 			FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLLAST="frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps4way frameworkaltinstallunixtools4way"
-		else
+			;;
+		*)
 			FRAMEWORKINSTALLLAST="frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps frameworkinstallunixtools"
 			FRAMEWORKALTINSTALLLAST="frameworkinstallmaclib frameworkinstallapps frameworkaltinstallunixtools"
-		fi
+			;;
+		esac
 
 		if test "x${prefix}" = "xNONE" ; then
 			FRAMEWORKUNIXTOOLSPREFIX="${ac_default_prefix}"
@@ -947,28 +953,39 @@ yes)
 	    # -Wno-long-double, -no-cpp-precomp, and -mno-fused-madd
 	    # used to be here, but non-Apple gcc doesn't accept them.
 
-
 	    if test "${enable_universalsdk}"; then
 		UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS=""
 	        if test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "32-bit" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc -arch i386"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT=""
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc -arch i386"
 
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "64-bit" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="true"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "all" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="/usr/bin/arch -i386 -ppc"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch ppc64 -arch x86_64"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS="-arch x86_64 -arch x86_64"
+		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS="-extract i386 -extract ppc7400"
+		   LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS="-extract x86_64 -extract ppc64"
 
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "intel" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="/usr/bin/arch -i386"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS="-arch i386"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS="-arch x86_64"
+		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS="-extract i386"
+		   LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS="-extract x86_64"
 
 	         elif test "$UNIVERSAL_ARCHS" = "3-way" ; then
-		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch x86_64"
 		   ARCH_RUN_32BIT="/usr/bin/arch -i386 -ppc"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc -arch x86_64"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH32_FLAGS="-arch i386 -arch ppc"
+		   UNIVERSAL_ARCH64_FLAGS="-arch x86_64"
+		   LIPO_32BIT_FLAGS="-extract i386 -extract ppc7400"
+		   LIPO_64BIT_FLAGS="-extract x86_64"
 
 		 else
 	           AC_MSG_ERROR([proper usage is --with-universal-arch=32-bit|64-bit|all|intel|3-way])