--- configure.orig	2014-02-26 10:38:45.000000000 -0800
+++ configure	2014-02-26 10:38:53.000000000 -0800
@@ -2466,9 +2466,9 @@
 
 
 
-  PYTHON_PREFIX='${prefix}'
+  PYTHON_PREFIX=`$PYTHON -c 'import sys; print(sys.prefix);'`
 
-  PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX='${exec_prefix}'
+  PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX=`$PYTHON -c 'import sys; print(sys.exec_prefix);'`
 
 
 
@@ -2600,8 +2600,8 @@
 
 py_module=libxml2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for python module $py_module" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for python module $py_module... " >&6; }
-echo "import $py_module" | python - &>/dev/null
+$as_echo_n "checking for python module $py_module using $PYTHON... " >&6; }
+echo "import $py_module" | $PYTHON - &>/dev/null
 if test $? -ne 0; then
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not found" >&5
 $as_echo "not found" >&6; }