--- configure.orig	2011-05-02 17:19:45.000000000 -0500
+++ configure	2011-05-02 17:19:58.000000000 -0500
@@ -15983,7 +15983,7 @@
 $as_echo_n "checking for headers required to compile python extensions... " >&6; }
 py_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.prefix"`
 py_exec_prefix=`$PYTHON -c "import sys; print sys.exec_prefix"`
-PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${py_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
+PYTHON_INCLUDES=`python${PYTHON_VERSION}-config --includes`
 if test "$py_prefix" != "$py_exec_prefix"; then
   PYTHON_INCLUDES="$PYTHON_INCLUDES -I${py_exec_prefix}/include/python${PYTHON_VERSION}"
 fi