diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f6a4892..fbde7f6 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@
     if test -z "$PYTHON_FOR_BUILD"; then
         for interp in python$PACKAGE_VERSION python3 python; do
 	    which $interp >/dev/null 2>&1 || continue
-	    if $interp -c 'import sys;sys.exit(not sys.version_info[:2] >= (3,3))'; then
+	    if $interp -c "import sys;sys.exit(not '.'.join(str(n) for n in sys.version_info[:2]) == '$PACKAGE_VERSION')"; then
 	        break
 	    fi
             interp=