--- Modules/FindBoost.cmake
+++ Modules/FindBoost.cmake
@@ -905,6 +905,15 @@
 
   set( _boost_docstring_release "Boost ${COMPONENT} library (release)")
   set( _boost_docstring_debug   "Boost ${COMPONENT} library (debug)")
+  if(${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "python" OR ${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "mpi_python")
+    # Get version of Python.
+    if (NOT PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
+      #if a certain version of python was detected by cmake before use that one
+        set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "python")
+      endif (NOT PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
+    execute_process(COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write('.'.join(str(x) for x in sys.version_info[:2]))" OUTPUT_VARIABLE _python_version)
+  endif()
+
 
   #
   # Find RELEASE libraries
@@ -915,6 +924,14 @@
     ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
     ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG}
     ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT} )
+    if(${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "python" OR ${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "mpi_python")
+      list(APPEND _boost_RELEASE_NAMES
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version} )
+    endif()
   if(_boost_STATIC_RUNTIME_WORKAROUND)
     set(_boost_RELEASE_STATIC_ABI_TAG "-s${_boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG}")
     list(APPEND _boost_RELEASE_NAMES
@@ -922,6 +939,13 @@
       ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_STATIC_ABI_TAG}
       ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_STATIC_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
       ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_STATIC_ABI_TAG} )
+      if(${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "python" OR ${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "mpi_python")
+        list(APPEND _boost_RELEASE_NAMES
+          ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_STATIC_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
+          ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_STATIC_ABI_TAG}
+          ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_STATIC_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
+          ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_RELEASE_STATIC_ABI_TAG} )
+      endif()
   endif()
   if(Boost_THREADAPI AND ${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "thread")
      _Boost_PREPEND_LIST_WITH_THREADAPI(_boost_RELEASE_NAMES ${_boost_RELEASE_NAMES})
@@ -951,6 +975,15 @@
     ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG}
     ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}
     ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT} )
+    if(${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "python" OR ${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "mpi_python")
+      list(APPEND _boost_DEBUG_NAMES
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}
+        ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version} )
+    endif()
   if(_boost_STATIC_RUNTIME_WORKAROUND)
     set(_boost_DEBUG_STATIC_ABI_TAG "-s${_boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG}")
     list(APPEND _boost_DEBUG_NAMES
@@ -958,6 +991,13 @@
       ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_STATIC_ABI_TAG}
       ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_STATIC_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
       ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_STATIC_ABI_TAG} )
+      if(${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "python" OR ${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "mpi_python")
+        list(APPEND _boost_DEBUG_NAMES
+          ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_STATIC_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
+          ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_COMPILER}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_STATIC_ABI_TAG}
+          ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_STATIC_ABI_TAG}-${Boost_LIB_VERSION}
+          ${Boost_LIB_PREFIX}boost_${COMPONENT}-${_python_version}${_boost_MULTITHREADED}${_boost_DEBUG_STATIC_ABI_TAG} )
+      endif()
   endif()
   if(Boost_THREADAPI AND ${COMPONENT} STREQUAL "thread")
      _Boost_PREPEND_LIST_WITH_THREADAPI(_boost_DEBUG_NAMES ${_boost_DEBUG_NAMES})