diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9992d6b56..14eea143d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 WeeChat ChangeLog
 =================
 Sébastien Helleu <flashcode@flashtux.org>
-v0.3.4-rc1, 2010-12-10
+v0.3.4-rc1, 2010-12-13
 
 
 Version 0.3.4 (under dev!)
 --------------------------
 
+* core: add support of python 2.7 in cmake and configure (debian #606989)
 * core: add color support in option weechat.look.buffer_time_format
 * core: call to hook_config when config option is created
 * core: add new option weechat.look.highlight_regex and function
diff --git a/cmake/FindPython.cmake b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
index b36785f17..85e1df5e3 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPython.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ IF(PYTHON_FOUND)
 ENDIF(PYTHON_FOUND)
 
 FIND_PROGRAM(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE
-  NAMES python python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2
+  NAMES python python2.7 python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2
   PATHS /usr/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/pkg/bin
   )
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ IF(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
     )
   
   FIND_LIBRARY(PYTHON_LIBRARY
-    NAMES python python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2
+    NAMES python python2.7 python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2
     PATHS ${PYTHON_POSSIBLE_LIB_PATH}
     )
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 96dfdb359..1c7351ee4 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ fi
 PYTHON_VERSION=
 
 if test "x$enable_python" = "xyes" ; then
-    AC_PATH_PROGS(PYTHON, python python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2)
+    AC_PATH_PROGS(PYTHON, python python2.7 python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python2.3 python2.2)
     if test -z $PYTHON ; then
         AC_MSG_WARN([
 *** Python must be installed on your system but python interpreter couldn't be found in path.