diff --git a/auto/lib/perl/conf b/auto/lib/perl/conf
index 5ce6c91e6..2fbaa76b7 100644
--- a/auto/lib/perl/conf
+++ b/auto/lib/perl/conf
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ if test -n "$NGX_PERL_VER"; then
 
     ngx_perl_ldopts=`$NGX_PERL -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts`
 
+    ngx_perl_dlext=`$NGX_PERL -MConfig -e 'print $Config{dlext}'`
+
     if $NGX_PERL -V:usemultiplicity | grep define > /dev/null; then
         have=NGX_HAVE_PERL_MULTIPLICITY . auto/have
         echo " + perl interpreter multiplicity found"
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ if test -n "$NGX_PERL_VER"; then
     fi
 
     CORE_LINK="$CORE_LINK $ngx_perl_ldopts"
-    LINK_DEPS="$LINK_DEPS $NGX_OBJS/src/http/modules/perl/blib/arch/auto/nginx/nginx.so"
+    LINK_DEPS="$LINK_DEPS $NGX_OBJS/src/http/modules/perl/blib/arch/auto/nginx/nginx.$ngx_perl_dlext"
 
     if test -n "$NGX_PERL_MODULES"; then
         have=NGX_PERL_MODULES value="(u_char *) \"$NGX_PERL_MODULES\""
diff --git a/auto/lib/perl/make b/auto/lib/perl/make
index dbfc83a2d..1c8f21cba 100644
--- a/auto/lib/perl/make
+++ b/auto/lib/perl/make
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 cat << END                                                    >> $NGX_MAKEFILE
 
-$NGX_OBJS/src/http/modules/perl/blib/arch/auto/nginx/nginx.so: \\
+$NGX_OBJS/src/http/modules/perl/blib/arch/auto/nginx/nginx.$ngx_perl_dlext: \\
 		\$(CORE_DEPS) \$(HTTP_DEPS) \\
 		src/http/modules/perl/ngx_http_perl_module.h \\
 		$NGX_OBJS/src/http/modules/perl/Makefile