diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9c90bff7d3f27159233f626aba7acdb776e9f189..546b534f8e4613f2cb5c64b28d08a8205b642274 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ case "$host" in
 	;;
 esac
 
-m4_define([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST], [python python3.3 python3.2 python3.1 python3])
+m4_define([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST], [python python3.4 python3.3 python3.2 python3.1 python3])
 AC_ARG_WITH([pythonpath],
 AC_HELP_STRING([--with-pythonpath=PATH],
   [specify an absolute path to python executable when automatic version check (incorrectly) fails]),