diff --git a/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake b/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
index adcec46..d4f73eb 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPythonLibs.cmake
@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ CMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORKS(Python)
 
 # Set up the versions we know about, in the order we will search. Always add
 # the user supplied additional versions to the front.
+EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND python -c "import sys; sys.stdout.write('.'.join([str(x) for x in sys.version_info[:2]]))"
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE _Python_VERSIONS)
 set(_Python_VERSIONS
   ${Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS}
+  ${_Python_VERSIONS}
   2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.6 1.5)
 
 FOREACH(_CURRENT_VERSION ${_Python_VERSIONS})