diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4e57bba11f6..fa37bd11b9c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ AC_PROG_CXX
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AM_PROG_AS
 AX_CHECK_GNU_MAKE
-AC_CHECK_PROGS([PYTHON2], [python2 python])
+AC_CHECK_PROGS([PYTHON2], [python2.7 python2 python])
 AC_PROG_SED
 AC_PROG_MKDIR_P