diff --git a/scripts/pythondeps.sh b/scripts/pythondeps.sh

index 7ccd076..7bf6fec 100755

--- a/scripts/pythondeps.sh

+++ b/scripts/pythondeps.sh

@@ -5,17 +5,27 @@

     exit 0

 }

-PYVER=`python -c "import sys; v=sys.version_info[:2]; print '%d.%d'%v"`

 case $1 in

 -P|--provides)

     shift

-    grep "/usr/bin/python\*\$" >& /dev/null && echo "python(abi) = ${PYVER}"

-    exit 0

+    # Match buildroot/payload paths of the form

+    #    /PATH/OF/BUILDROOT/usr/bin/pythonMAJOR.MINOR

+    # generating a line of the form

+    #    python(abi) = MAJOR.MINOR

+    # (Don't match against -config tools e.g. /usr/bin/python2.6-config)

+    grep "/usr/bin/python.\..$" \

+        | sed -e "s|.*/usr/bin/python\(.\..\)|python(abi) = \1|"

     ;;

 -R|--requires)

     shift

-    grep "/usr/lib[^/]*/python${PYVER}/" >& /dev/null && echo "python(abi) = ${PYVER}"

-    exit 0

+    # Match buildroot paths of the form

+    #    /PATH/OF/BUILDROOT/usr/lib/pythonMAJOR.MINOR/  and

+    #    /PATH/OF/BUILDROOT/usr/lib64/pythonMAJOR.MINOR/

+    # generating (uniqely) lines of the form:

+    #    python(abi) = MAJOR.MINOR

+    grep "/usr/lib[^/]*/python.\../.*" \

+        | sed -e "s|.*/usr/lib[^/]*/python\(.\..\)/.*|python(abi) = \1|g" \

+        | sort | uniq

     ;;

 esac