diff -r c160bf9f18ef -r 580af8cf2f6a configure.ac
--- a/configure.ac	Thu Nov 05 10:01:02 2009 +0100
+++ b/configure.ac	Thu Nov 05 10:23:16 2009 +0100
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 
 AC_CHECK_PROG([doxygen_found],[doxygen],[yes],[no])
+AC_CHECK_PROG([python_found],[python],[yes],[no])
 AC_CHECK_PROG([gs_found],[gs],[yes],[no])
 
 dnl Detect Intel compiler.