diff -urN a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py	2014-10-11 14:22:01.460681000 +0100
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/build_ext.py	2014-10-11 14:22:04.124833400 +0100
@@ -226,9 +226,10 @@
         if sys.platform[:6] == 'cygwin' or sys.platform[:6] == 'atheos':
             if sys.executable.startswith(os.path.join(sys.exec_prefix, "bin")):
                 # building third party extensions
+                config_dir_name = os.path.basename(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBPL'))
                 self.library_dirs.append(os.path.join(sys.prefix, "lib",
                                                       "python" + get_python_version(),
-                                                      "config"))
+                                                      config_dir_name))
             else:
                 # building python standard extensions
                 self.library_dirs.append('.')
diff -urN a/Lib/sysconfig.py b/Lib/sysconfig.py
--- a/Lib/sysconfig.py	2014-10-11 14:22:01.449680400 +0100
+++ b/Lib/sysconfig.py	2014-10-11 14:22:04.125833500 +0100
@@ -42,22 +42,22 @@
         'data': '{base}',
         },
     'nt': {
-        'stdlib': '{installed_base}/Lib',
-        'platstdlib': '{base}/Lib',
-        'purelib': '{base}/Lib/site-packages',
-        'platlib': '{base}/Lib/site-packages',
-        'include': '{installed_base}/Include',
-        'platinclude': '{installed_base}/Include',
-        'scripts': '{base}/Scripts',
+        'stdlib': '{installed_base}/lib/python{py_version_short}',
+        'platstdlib': '{base}/lib/python{py_version_short}',
+        'purelib': '{base}/lib/python{py_version_short}',
+        'platlib': '{base}/lib/python{py_version_short}',
+        'include': '{installed_base}/include/python{py_version_short}',
+        'platinclude': '{installed_base}/include/python{py_version_short}',
+        'scripts': '{base}/bin',
         'data': '{base}',
         },
     'nt_user': {
-        'stdlib': '{userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}',
-        'platstdlib': '{userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}',
-        'purelib': '{userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}/site-packages',
-        'platlib': '{userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}/site-packages',
-        'include': '{userbase}/Python{py_version_nodot}/Include',
-        'scripts': '{userbase}/Scripts',
+        'stdlib': '{userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}',
+        'platstdlib': '{userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}',
+        'purelib': '{userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}',
+        'platlib': '{userbase}/lib/python{py_version_short}',
+        'include': '{userbase}/include/python{py_version_short}',
+        'scripts': '{userbase}/bin',
         'data': '{userbase}',
         },
     'posix_user': {
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
     vars['INCLUDEPY'] = get_path('include')
     vars['EXT_SUFFIX'] = '.pyd'
     vars['EXE'] = '.exe'
-    vars['VERSION'] = _PY_VERSION_SHORT_NO_DOT
+    vars['VERSION'] = _PY_VERSION_SHORT
     vars['BINDIR'] = os.path.dirname(_safe_realpath(sys.executable))
 
 #