diff --git a/ChangeLog.asciidoc b/ChangeLog.asciidoc
index a8f2fb204..3d1c7ccf2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.asciidoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.asciidoc
@@ -154,6 +154,8 @@ http://weechat.org/files/releasenotes/ReleaseNotes-devel.html[release notes]
 * irc: fix parsing of nick in host when '!' is not found (bug #41640)
 * lua: fix interpreter used after unload of a script
 * perl: fix context used after unload of a script
+* python: fix read of return value for callbacks returning an integer
+  in Python 2.x (closes #125)
 * python: fix interpreter used after unload of a script
 * relay: fix crash when closing relay buffers (closes #57, closes #78)
 * relay: check pointers received in hdata command to prevent crashes with bad
diff --git a/src/plugins/python/weechat-python.c b/src/plugins/python/weechat-python.c
index 8992e8450..aaf6f9210 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python/weechat-python.c
+++ b/src/plugins/python/weechat-python.c
@@ -391,11 +391,11 @@ weechat_python_exec (struct t_plugin_script *script,
             ret_value = NULL;
         Py_XDECREF(rc);
     }
-    else if ((ret_type == WEECHAT_SCRIPT_EXEC_INT) && (PyLong_Check (rc)))
+    else if ((ret_type == WEECHAT_SCRIPT_EXEC_INT) && (PY_INTEGER_CHECK(rc)))
     {
         ret_int = malloc (sizeof (*ret_int));
         if (ret_int)
-            *ret_int = (int) PyLong_AsLong(rc);
+            *ret_int = (int) PyLong_AsLong (rc);
         ret_value = ret_int;
         Py_XDECREF(rc);
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/python/weechat-python.h b/src/plugins/python/weechat-python.h
index 73c8105ca..355e08ad5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/python/weechat-python.h
+++ b/src/plugins/python/weechat-python.h
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@
 #define PyUnicode_FromString PyString_FromString
 #endif
 
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+/* check of integer with Python >= 3.x */
+#define PY_INTEGER_CHECK(x) (PyLong_Check(x))
+#else
+/* check of integer with Python <= 2.x */
+#define PY_INTEGER_CHECK(x) (PyInt_Check(x) || PyLong_Check(x))
+#endif
+
 extern struct t_weechat_plugin *weechat_python_plugin;
 
 extern int python_quiet;