diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d762b71..7b0c6a9 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@
 INSTALL_DATA
 INSTALL_SCRIPT
 INSTALL_PROGRAM
+OPCODEHGEN
 PYTHON
 ASDLGEN
 ac_ct_READELF
@@ -6048,6 +6049,57 @@
 fi
 
 
+for ac_prog in python$PACKAGE_VERSION python3 python
+do
+  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_prog_PYTHON+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  if test -n "$PYTHON"; then
+  ac_cv_prog_PYTHON="$PYTHON" # Let the user override the test.
+else
+as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
+for as_dir in $PATH
+do
+  IFS=$as_save_IFS
+  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
+    for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
+  if as_fn_executable_p "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; then
+    ac_cv_prog_PYTHON="$ac_prog"
+    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
+    break 2
+  fi
+done
+  done
+IFS=$as_save_IFS
+
+fi
+fi
+PYTHON=$ac_cv_prog_PYTHON
+if test -n "$PYTHON"; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $PYTHON" >&5
+$as_echo "$PYTHON" >&6; }
+else
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: no" >&5
+$as_echo "no" >&6; }
+fi
+
+
+  test -n "$PYTHON" && break
+done
+test -n "$PYTHON" || PYTHON="not-found"
+
+if test "$PYTHON" = not-found; then
+    OPCODEHGEN="@echo python: $PYTHON! cannot run Tools/scripts/generate_opcode_h.py"
+else
+    OPCODEHGEN="$PYTHON"
+fi
+
+
+
 case $MACHDEP in
 bsdos*|hp*|HP*)
 	# install -d does not work on BSDI or HP-UX