diff -up ./configure.librdkafka.python3 ./configure.librdkafka
--- ./configure.librdkafka.python3	2018-06-28 14:31:29.059417830 +0200
+++ ./configure.librdkafka	2018-06-28 14:31:54.328300531 +0200
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ void foo (void) {
 
     # The linker-script generator (lds-gen.py) requires python
     if [[ $WITH_LDS == y ]]; then
-        if ! mkl_command_check python "HAVE_PYTHON" "disable" "python -V"; then
+        if ! mkl_command_check python "HAVE_PYTHON" "disable" "python3 -V"; then
             mkl_err "disabling linker-script since python is not available"
             mkl_mkvar_set WITH_LDS WITH_LDS "n"
         fi
diff -up ./lds-gen.py.python3 ./lds-gen.py
--- ./lds-gen.py.python3	2017-07-19 22:10:29.000000000 +0200
+++ ./lds-gen.py	2018-06-28 14:22:12.745022430 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 #
 #
 # Generate linker script to only expose symbols of the public API
diff -up ./Makefile.python3 ./Makefile
--- ./Makefile.python3	2018-06-28 14:32:46.176059853 +0200
+++ ./Makefile	2018-06-28 14:32:56.542011734 +0200
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CHECK_FILES+=	CONFIGURATION.md \
 		examples/rdkafka_example_cpp
 
 PACKAGE_NAME?=	librdkafka
-VERSION?=	$(shell python packaging/get_version.py src/rdkafka.h)
+VERSION?=	$(shell python3 packaging/get_version.py src/rdkafka.h)
 
 # Jenkins CI integration
 BUILD_NUMBER ?= 1
diff -up ./packaging/get_version.py.python3 ./packaging/get_version.py
--- ./packaging/get_version.py.python3	2018-06-28 14:33:48.825769032 +0200
+++ ./packaging/get_version.py	2018-06-28 14:33:57.385729296 +0200
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import sys