diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 128da55c..c4bb08c4 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ extern "C" int main(void)
 }
 EOF
   found=
-  SUPPYTHONLIBS="python2.7 python2.6 python3.1 python3.2 python3.3 python3.4 python3.4m python3.5 python3.5m python3.6 python3.6m"
+  SUPPYTHONLIBS="python2.7 python2.6 python3.1 python3.2 python3.3 python3.4 python3.4m python3.5 python3.5m python3.6 python3.6m python3.7 python3.7m"
   for p in $PYTHONDIR; do
     for d in $SUPPYTHONLIBS; do
       for b in lib/x86_64-linux-gnu lib/i386-linux-gnu lib64 lib/64 lib; do