diff --git a/bin/pyenv-virtualenv b/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
index 0bdfda5..d07831b 100755
--- a/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
+++ b/bin/pyenv-virtualenv
@@ -600,6 +600,15 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
+(
+  shopt -o nullglob
+  for extra_binary in "$PREFIX"/bin/python-config*; do
+    extra_binary_linkname="$VIRTUALENV_PREFIX/bin/$(basename $extra_binary)"
+    [[ -e "$extra_binary_linkname" ]] || \
+        ln -s "$extra_binary" "$extra_binary_linkname"
+  done
+)
+
 ## Create symlink in the `versions` directory for backward compatibility
 if [ -d "${VIRTUALENV_PATH}" ] && [ -n "${COMPAT_VIRTUALENV_PATH}" ]; then
   ln -fs "${VIRTUALENV_PATH}" "${COMPAT_VIRTUALENV_PATH}"