1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a49fc7b7e7..96d0dd5ffc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -562,7 +562,8 @@ first_python=
 if test -z "${PYTHON}"; then
     # A bare 'python' is traditionally python 2.x, but some distros
     # have it as python 3.x, so check in both places.
-    for binary in python3 python python3.11 python3.10 python3.9 python3.8; do
+    for binary in python3 python python3.12 python3.11 \
+                          python3.10 python3.9 python3.8; do
         if has "$binary"; then
             python=$(command -v "$binary")
             if check_py_version "$python"; then