diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2dbb9ae7c5b..d4f171f70c3 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Features added
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
+* #10509: autosummary: autosummary fails with a shared library
 * #10498: gettext: TypeError is raised when sorting warning messages if a node
   has no line number
 * #10493: html theme: :rst:dir:`topic` directive is rendered incorrectly with
diff --git a/sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py b/sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py
index 5ef7b0352fd..3db7eb989a1 100644
--- a/sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py
+++ b/sphinx/ext/autosummary/generate.py
@@ -155,8 +155,12 @@ def is_skipped(self, name: str, value: Any, objtype: str) -> bool:
 
     def scan(self, imported_members: bool) -> List[str]:
         members = []
-        analyzer = ModuleAnalyzer.for_module(self.object.__name__)
-        attr_docs = analyzer.find_attr_docs()
+        try:
+            analyzer = ModuleAnalyzer.for_module(self.object.__name__)
+            attr_docs = analyzer.find_attr_docs()
+        except PycodeError:
+            attr_docs = {}
+
         for name in members_of(self.object, self.app.config):
             try:
                 value = safe_getattr(self.object, name)