diff --git a/m4macros/pythondev.m4 b/m4macros/pythondev.m4
index 7bfbb0aaf1..6a01cf6a74 100644
--- a/m4macros/pythondev.m4
+++ b/m4macros/pythondev.m4
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_PYTHON2],
   dnl Find a Python interpreter.  Python versions prior to 2.0 are not
   dnl supported. (2.0 was released on October 16, 2000).
   m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST],
-[python python2 python2.7 dnl
- python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0])
+[python2 python2.7 dnl
+ python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2 python2.1 python2.0 dnl
+ python])
 
   AC_ARG_VAR([PYTHON], [the Python interpreter])
 
diff --git a/plug-ins/pygimp/Makefile.am b/plug-ins/pygimp/Makefile.am
index f46a0d4dd5..3ce19c0ea8 100644
--- a/plug-ins/pygimp/Makefile.am
+++ b/plug-ins/pygimp/Makefile.am
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ install-interp-file:
 	$(mkinstalldirs) '$(DESTDIR)$(pyinterpdir)'
 	echo 'python=$(PYBIN_PATH)' > '$(DESTDIR)$(pyinterpfile)'
 	echo '/usr/bin/python=$(PYBIN_PATH)' >> '$(DESTDIR)$(pyinterpfile)'
-	echo ':Python:E::py::python:' >> '$(DESTDIR)$(pyinterpfile)'
+	echo ':Python:E::py::python2:' >> '$(DESTDIR)$(pyinterpfile)'
 
 install-data-local: install-env-file install-interp-file