diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index c4ee280..2e6e0e9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.0],
                [AC_MSG_WARN([Python not found. Python is required to build presage python binding. Python can be obtained from http://www.python.org])])
 if test "$PYTHON" != :
 then
-    python_include_path=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; print distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc();"`
+    python_include_path=`$PYTHON -c "import distutils.sysconfig; print (distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc());"`
     AC_CHECK_HEADERS([${python_include_path}/Python.h],
                      [have_python_header=true],
                      [AC_MSG_WARN([Python.h header file not found. Python development files are required to build presage python binding. Python can be obtained from http://www.python.org])],