diff --git a/Modules/getpath.c b/Modules/getpath.c
index 18ddfaf8dbce1a..e255bd39ce4133 100644
--- a/Modules/getpath.c
+++ b/Modules/getpath.c
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
-#  include <dlfcn.h>
 #  include <mach-o/dyld.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_DLFCN_H
+#  include <dlfcn.h>
+#endif
+
 /* Reference the precompiled getpath.py */
 #include "Python/frozen_modules/getpath.h"
 
@@ -803,36 +806,27 @@ progname_to_dict(PyObject *dict, const char *key)
 static int
 library_to_dict(PyObject *dict, const char *key)
 {
-#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
 #ifdef Py_ENABLE_SHARED
+    static char path[MAXPATHLEN + 1] = {0};
+
+#ifdef MS_WINDOWS
     extern HMODULE PyWin_DLLhModule;
     if (PyWin_DLLhModule) {
         return winmodule_to_dict(dict, key, PyWin_DLLhModule);
     }
 #endif
-#elif defined(WITH_NEXT_FRAMEWORK)
-    static char modPath[MAXPATHLEN + 1];
-    static int modPathInitialized = -1;
-    if (modPathInitialized < 0) {
-        modPathInitialized = 0;
-
-        /* On Mac OS X we have a special case if we're running from a framework.
-           This is because the python home should be set relative to the library,
-           which is in the framework, not relative to the executable, which may
-           be outside of the framework. Except when we're in the build
-           directory... */
-        Dl_info pythonInfo;
-        if (dladdr(&Py_Initialize, &pythonInfo)) {
-            if (pythonInfo.dli_fname) {
-                strncpy(modPath, pythonInfo.dli_fname, MAXPATHLEN);
-                modPathInitialized = 1;
-            }
+
+#if HAVE_DLADDR
+    Dl_info libpython_info;
+    if (dladdr(&Py_Initialize, &libpython_info) && libpython_info.dli_fname) {
+        strncpy(path, libpython_info.dli_fname, MAXPATHLEN);
+        if (path[sizeof(path)-1] == '\0') {
+            return decode_to_dict(dict, key, path);
         }
     }
-    if (modPathInitialized > 0) {
-        return decode_to_dict(dict, key, modPath);
-    }
 #endif
+#endif
+
     return PyDict_SetItemString(dict, key, Py_None) == 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 57be576e3cae99..e10d6eedde59e0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -18260,6 +18260,12 @@ if test "x$ac_cv_func_ctermid" = xyes
 then :
   printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_CTERMID 1" >>confdefs.h
 
+fi
+ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "dladdr" "ac_cv_func_dladdr"
+if test "x$ac_cv_func_dladdr" = xyes
+then :
+  printf "%s\n" "#define HAVE_DLADDR 1" >>confdefs.h
+
 fi
 ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "dup" "ac_cv_func_dup"
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_dup" = xyes
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bd0221481c5341..227b5587f0c509 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5098,7 +5098,7 @@ fi
 # checks for library functions
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ \
   accept4 alarm bind_textdomain_codeset chmod chown clock closefrom close_range confstr \
-  copy_file_range ctermid dup dup3 execv explicit_bzero explicit_memset \
+  copy_file_range ctermid dladdr dup dup3 execv explicit_bzero explicit_memset \
   faccessat fchmod fchmodat fchown fchownat fdopendir fdwalk fexecve \
   fork fork1 fpathconf fstatat ftime ftruncate futimens futimes futimesat \
   gai_strerror getegid geteuid getgid getgrent getgrgid getgrgid_r \
diff --git a/pyconfig.h.in b/pyconfig.h.in
index 166c195a8c66fc..45be7556c99bd5 100644
--- a/pyconfig.h.in
+++ b/pyconfig.h.in
@@ -286,6 +286,9 @@
 /* Define if you have the 'dirfd' function or macro. */
 #undef HAVE_DIRFD
 
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `dladdr' function. */
+#undef HAVE_DLADDR
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_DLFCN_H