--- configure.orig	2020-01-11 12:16:00 UTC
+++ configure
@@ -6156,7 +6156,7 @@ $as_echo "none" >&6; }
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: none" >&5
 $as_echo "none" >&6; }
 	if test x$PYTHONPATH != xnone; then
-	    python_prefix_tmp=`python -c "import sys; print (sys.prefix + '/lib/python' + sys.version[:3])"`
+	    python_prefix_tmp=`python -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('stdlib'))"`
 	else
 	    python_prefix_tmp="DIR"
 	fi
@@ -6178,7 +6178,7 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: WARNING:
 	" >&2;}
     else
         pymoddirs="/usr/local/lib /usr/lib"
-                pymoddirsmore=`python -c "import sys; print (sys.prefix + '/lib/python' + sys.version[:3])"`
+                pymoddirsmore=`python -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('stdlib'))"`
         pymoddirs="$pymoddirs $pymoddirsmore"
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $pymoddirs" >&5
 $as_echo "$pymoddirs" >&6; }