diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec647fd2..1b7a36a2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -943,14 +943,18 @@ if (NOT EVENT__DISABLE_TESTS)
     #
     if (NOT EVENT__DISABLE_REGRESS)
 
-        # (We require python to generate the regress tests)
-        find_program(FIND_PYTHON2 python2)
-        if (FIND_PYTHON2)
-            set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "python2")
-        endif()
+        # (We require python2 to generate the regress tests)
+        foreach (PY python2.6 python2.7 python2)
+            unset(FIND_PYTHON2 CACHE)
+            find_program(FIND_PYTHON2 ${PY})
+            if (FIND_PYTHON2)
+                set(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "${PY}")
+                break()
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
         find_package(PythonInterp)
 
-        if (PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+        if (PYTHONINTERP_FOUND AND PYTHON_VERSION_STRING VERSION_LESS "3.0.0")
             set(__FOUND_USABLE_PYTHON 1)
         endif()