--- configure.in	2010-10-13 08:37:29.000000000 -0700
+++ configure.in~	2010-10-19 10:32:06.360019362 -0700
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@
     AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])    
 fi
 
-MOZ_PATH_PROGS(PYTHON, $PYTHON python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python)
+MOZ_PATH_PROGS(PYTHON, $PYTHON python2.7 python2.6 python2.5 python2.4 python)
 if test -z "$PYTHON"; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR([python was not found in \$PATH])
 fi