diff --git a/include/boost/python/detail/config.hpp b/include/boost/python/detail/config.hpp
index c92ecb32..3e4b7c9e 100644
--- a/include/boost/python/detail/config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/python/detail/config.hpp
@@ -105,7 +105,11 @@
 // Set the name of our library, this will get undef'ed by auto_link.hpp
 // once it's done with it:
 //
-#define BOOST_LIB_NAME boost_python
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION == 2
+#  define BOOST_LIB_NAME boost_python
+#elif PY_MAJOR_VERSION == 3
+#  define BOOST_LIB_NAME boost_python3
+#endif
 //
 // If we're importing code from a dll, then tell auto_link.hpp about it:
 //