diff -urN a/configure b/configure
--- a/configure	2013-11-01 11:40:44.000000000 -0600
+++ b/configure	2013-11-11 16:48:10.716048960 -0700
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@
 py_module=libxml2
 { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for python module $py_module" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for python module $py_module... " >&6; }
-echo "import $py_module" | python - &>/dev/null
+echo "import $py_module" | python2 - &>/dev/null
 if test $? -ne 0; then
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: not found" >&5
 $as_echo "not found" >&6; }