diff --git a/src/auto/configure b/src/auto/configure
index 115664f..ea39c3f 100755
--- a/src/auto/configure
+++ b/src/auto/configure
@@ -5611,7 +5611,7 @@
 eof
                     eval "`cd ${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} && make -f "${tmp_mkf}" __ | sed '/ directory /d'`"
           rm -f -- "${tmp_mkf}"
-          vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="-L${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} -lpython${vi_cv_var_python3_version}"
+	  vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="-L${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} -lpython${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags}"
           vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="${vi_cv_path_python3_plibs} ${python3_BASEMODLIBS} ${python3_LIBS} ${python3_SYSLIBS}"
                     vi_cv_path_python3_plibs=`echo $vi_cv_path_python3_plibs | sed s/-ltermcap//`
           vi_cv_path_python3_plibs=`echo $vi_cv_path_python3_plibs | sed s/-lffi//`
diff --git a/src/configure.in b/src/configure.in
index 1738188..52e0600 100644
--- a/src/configure.in
+++ b/src/configure.in
@@ -1068,7 +1068,7 @@
           dnl -- delete the lines from make about Entering/Leaving directory
           eval "`cd ${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} && make -f "${tmp_mkf}" __ | sed '/ directory /d'`"
           rm -f -- "${tmp_mkf}"
-          vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="-L${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} -lpython${vi_cv_var_python3_version}"
+	  vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="-L${PYTHON3_CONFDIR} -lpython${vi_cv_var_python3_version}${vi_cv_var_python3_abiflags}"
           vi_cv_path_python3_plibs="${vi_cv_path_python3_plibs} ${python3_BASEMODLIBS} ${python3_LIBS} ${python3_SYSLIBS}"
           dnl remove -ltermcap, it can conflict with an earlier -lncurses
           vi_cv_path_python3_plibs=`echo $vi_cv_path_python3_plibs | sed s/-ltermcap//`
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 423b24b..77d3dc0 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -710,6 +710,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    245,
+/**/
     244,
 /**/
     243,