diff -urN libffi.orig/configure libffi/configure
--- libffi.orig/configure	2010-03-19 18:29:54.588499862 +0100
+++ libffi/configure	2010-03-19 18:32:09.113499479 +0100
@@ -11228,6 +11228,9 @@
   i?86-*-solaris2.1[0-9]*)
 	TARGET=X86_64; TARGETDIR=x86
 	;;
+  i*86-*-nto-qnx*)
+        TARGET=X86; TARGETDIR=x86
+        ;;
   i?86-*-*)
 	TARGET=X86; TARGETDIR=x86
 	;;
@@ -11245,12 +11248,12 @@
 	;;
 
   mips-sgi-irix5.* | mips-sgi-irix6.*)
-	TARGET=MIPS; TARGETDIR=mips
+	TARGET=MIPS_IRIX; TARGETDIR=mips
 	;;
   mips*-*-linux*)
 	# Support 128-bit long double for NewABI.
 	HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE='defined(__mips64)'
-	TARGET=MIPS; TARGETDIR=mips
+	TARGET=MIPS_IRIX; TARGETDIR=mips
 	;;
 
   powerpc*-*-linux* | powerpc-*-sysv*)
@@ -11307,7 +11310,7 @@
   as_fn_error "\"libffi has not been ported to $host.\"" "$LINENO" 5
 fi
 
- if test x$TARGET = xMIPS; then
+ if expr x$TARGET : 'xMIPS' > /dev/null; then
   MIPS_TRUE=
   MIPS_FALSE='#'
 else
@@ -12422,6 +12425,12 @@
 ac_config_files="$ac_config_files include/Makefile include/ffi.h Makefile testsuite/Makefile man/Makefile libffi.pc"
 
 
+ac_config_links="$ac_config_links include/ffi_common.h:include/ffi_common.h"
+
+
+ac_config_files="$ac_config_files fficonfig.py"
+
+
 cat >confcache <<\_ACEOF
 # This file is a shell script that caches the results of configure
 # tests run on this system so they can be shared between configure
@@ -13521,6 +13530,8 @@
     "testsuite/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES testsuite/Makefile" ;;
     "man/Makefile") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES man/Makefile" ;;
     "libffi.pc") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES libffi.pc" ;;
+    "include/ffi_common.h") CONFIG_LINKS="$CONFIG_LINKS include/ffi_common.h:include/ffi_common.h" ;;
+    "fficonfig.py") CONFIG_FILES="$CONFIG_FILES fficonfig.py" ;;
 
   *) as_fn_error "invalid argument: \`$ac_config_target'" "$LINENO" 5;;
   esac
diff -urN libffi.orig/configure.ac libffi/configure.ac
--- libffi.orig/configure.ac	2010-03-19 18:27:44.988498585 +0100
+++ libffi/configure.ac	2010-03-19 18:31:29.252505178 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 dnl Process this with autoconf to create configure
+#
+# file from libffi - slightly patched for ctypes
+#
 
 AC_PREREQ(2.63)
 
@@ -91,6 +94,9 @@
   i?86-*-solaris2.1[[0-9]]*)
 	TARGET=X86_64; TARGETDIR=x86
 	;;
+  i*86-*-nto-qnx*) 
+        TARGET=X86; TARGETDIR=x86
+        ;;
   i?86-*-*)
 	TARGET=X86; TARGETDIR=x86
 	;;
@@ -108,12 +114,12 @@
 	;;
 
   mips-sgi-irix5.* | mips-sgi-irix6.*)
-	TARGET=MIPS; TARGETDIR=mips
+	TARGET=MIPS_IRIX; TARGETDIR=mips
 	;;
   mips*-*-linux*)
 	# Support 128-bit long double for NewABI.
 	HAVE_LONG_DOUBLE='defined(__mips64)'
-	TARGET=MIPS; TARGETDIR=mips
+	TARGET=MIPS_IRIX; TARGETDIR=mips
 	;;
 
   powerpc*-*-linux* | powerpc-*-sysv*)
@@ -170,7 +176,7 @@
   AC_MSG_ERROR(["libffi has not been ported to $host."])
 fi
 
-AM_CONDITIONAL(MIPS, test x$TARGET = xMIPS)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(MIPS,[expr x$TARGET : 'xMIPS' > /dev/null])
 AM_CONDITIONAL(SPARC, test x$TARGET = xSPARC)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(X86, test x$TARGET = xX86)
 AM_CONDITIONAL(X86_FREEBSD, test x$TARGET = xX86_FREEBSD)
@@ -401,4 +407,8 @@
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(include/Makefile include/ffi.h Makefile testsuite/Makefile man/Makefile libffi.pc)
 
+AC_CONFIG_LINKS(include/ffi_common.h:include/ffi_common.h)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(fficonfig.py)
+
 AC_OUTPUT