diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f8dbd892..6aacd5b3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if (USE_PYTHON)
 
   find_package(PythonLibs)
   if (PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
-    set(BOOST_PYTHON python)
+    set(BOOST_PYTHON python-2.7)
     set(HAVE_BOOST_PYTHON 1)
     include_directories(SYSTEM ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   else()
