diff --git a/plugins/gtkgui/Makefile b/plugins/gtkgui/Makefile
index 064620877..24dd748bc 100644
--- a/plugins/gtkgui/Makefile
+++ b/plugins/gtkgui/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Set the C flags to include the GTK+ and Python libraries
-CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -I/usr/include/python2.4/ -I.
+PYTHONVER = `python -V 2>&1 | awk '{print $2}' | cut -f1,2 -d.`
+CFLAGS = `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0` -I/usr/include/python$(PYTHONVER) -I.
 LDFLAGS = `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 pygtk-2.0`
 
 # Build the shared object