diff -Naur mailman-2.1.18-1/configure mailman-2.1.18-1_patched/configure
--- mailman-2.1.18-1/configure	2014-05-06 20:43:56.000000000 +0400
+++ mailman-2.1.18-1_patched/configure	2014-11-04 15:02:32.892666331 +0300
@@ -3927,6 +3927,8 @@
 $as_echo "$URLHOST" >&6; }
 rm -f conftest.out conftest.py
 
+PYTHON=/usr/bin/python
+
 # Checks for libraries.
 
 for ac_func in strerror setregid syslog
