--- Makefile.orig	2007-11-26 21:23:16.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile	2007-12-14 09:25:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 prefix = /usr
 exec_prefix = ${prefix}
 
+PYTHON = python
+
 bindir = ${exec_prefix}/bin
 sbindir = ${exec_prefix}/sbin
 libexecdir = ${exec_prefix}/libexec
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@
 
 .SUFFIXES: .py .pyc
 .py.pyc: 
-	python -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile($*.py)"
+	$(PYTHON) -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile($*.py)"
 
 
 all: $(MODULES)