diff --git a/package/x11r7/libxcb/libxcb.mk b/package/x11r7/libxcb/libxcb.mk
index ec9843e1be..c8b70ea18d 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/libxcb/libxcb.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/libxcb/libxcb.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ LIBXCB_AUTORECONF = NO
 LIBXCB_LIBTOOL_PATCH = NO
 LIBXCB_DEPENDENCIES = host-libxslt pthread-stubs xcb-proto xlib_libXdmcp xlib_libXau
 LIBXCB_CONF_ENV = STAGING_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)"
-LIBXCB_MAKE_OPT = XCBPROTO_XCBINCLUDEDIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/share/xcb XCBPROTO_XCBPYTHONDIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages
+HOST_PYTHON_VERSION=$(shell python --version 2>&1 | sed 's/Python \(2\.[0-9]\)\..*/\1/')
+LIBXCB_MAKE_OPT = XCBPROTO_XCBINCLUDEDIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/share/xcb XCBPROTO_XCBPYTHONDIR=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(HOST_PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package/x11r7,libxcb))
 
diff --git a/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.sh b/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.sh
index 013c1d57d3..923c76bcd8 100755
--- a/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.sh
+++ b/toolchain/dependencies/dependencies.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if ! $SHELL --version 2>&1 | grep -q '^GNU bash'; then
 fi;
 
 # Check that a few mandatory programs are installed
-for prog in awk bison flex msgfmt makeinfo patch gzip bzip2 perl tar wget cpio ; do
+for prog in awk bison flex msgfmt makeinfo patch gzip bzip2 perl tar wget cpio python ; do
     if ! which $prog > /dev/null ; then
 	/bin/echo -e "\nYou must install '$prog' on your build machine";
 	if test $prog = "makeinfo" ; then