diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-07-02-09-57.gh-issue-138800.VD8qbz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-07-02-09-57.gh-issue-138800.VD8qbz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..54b084d9d61277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2026-03-07-02-09-57.gh-issue-138800.VD8qbz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix library name in python3.pc on Android.
diff --git a/Modules/makesetup b/Modules/makesetup
index 104c824b846540..f27897ca5e337e 100755
--- a/Modules/makesetup
+++ b/Modules/makesetup
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ sed -e 's/[ 	]*#.*//' -e '/^[ 	]*$/d' |
 				;;
 			esac
 			rule="$file: $objs \$(MODULE_${mods_upper}_LDEPS)"
-			rule="$rule; \$(BLDSHARED) $objs $libs \$(LIBPYTHON) -o $file"
+			rule="$rule; \$(BLDSHARED) $objs $libs -L. \$(LIBPYTHON) -o $file"
 			echo "$rule" >>$rulesf
 		done
 	done
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 2c82da923f68d4..f74191ac306179 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -28001,7 +28001,7 @@ LIBPYTHON=''
 # On Android and Cygwin the shared libraries must be linked with libpython.
 if test "$PY_ENABLE_SHARED" = "1" && ( test -n "$ANDROID_API_LEVEL" || test "$MACHDEP" = "cygwin"); then
   MODULE_DEPS_SHARED="$MODULE_DEPS_SHARED \$(LDLIBRARY)"
-  LIBPYTHON="\$(BLDLIBRARY)"
+  LIBPYTHON="-lpython${VERSION}${ABIFLAGS}"
 fi
 
 # On iOS the shared libraries must be linked with the Python framework
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 771260c76b7f09..1af9cef3de3e8d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6680,7 +6680,7 @@ LIBPYTHON=''
 # On Android and Cygwin the shared libraries must be linked with libpython.
 if test "$PY_ENABLE_SHARED" = "1" && ( test -n "$ANDROID_API_LEVEL" || test "$MACHDEP" = "cygwin"); then
   MODULE_DEPS_SHARED="$MODULE_DEPS_SHARED \$(LDLIBRARY)"
-  LIBPYTHON="\$(BLDLIBRARY)"
+  LIBPYTHON="-lpython${VERSION}${ABIFLAGS}"
 fi
 
 # On iOS the shared libraries must be linked with the Python framework