diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d34c615..7931c88 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -115,9 +115,10 @@ PYTHON		:= ctracecmd.so
 PYTHON_GUI	:= ctracecmd.so ctracecmdgui.so
 
 PYTHON_VERS ?= python
+PYTHON_PKGCONFIG_VERS ?= $(PYTHON_VERS)
 
 # Can build python?
-ifeq ($(shell sh -c "pkg-config --cflags $(PYTHON_VERS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
+ifeq ($(shell sh -c "pkg-config --cflags $(PYTHON_PKGCONFIG_VERS) > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo y"), y)
 	PYTHON_PLUGINS := plugin_python.so
 	BUILD_PYTHON := $(PYTHON) $(PYTHON_PLUGINS)
 	BUILD_PYTHON_WORKS := 1
@@ -372,8 +373,8 @@ report_nopythondev: force
 	$(Q)echo
 
 ifndef NO_PYTHON
-PYTHON_INCLUDES = `pkg-config --cflags $(PYTHON_VERS)`
-PYTHON_LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs $(PYTHON_VERS)` \
+PYTHON_INCLUDES = `pkg-config --cflags $(PYTHON_PKGCONFIG_VERS)`
+PYTHON_LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs $(PYTHON_PKGCONFIG_VERS)` \
 		$(shell $(PYTHON_VERS)-config --ldflags)
 PYGTK_CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags pygtk-2.0`
 else