2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index b60023500..0e676b491 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ These are the dependencies for GNUnet's testsuite:
 
 - Bash                              (for some tests[*4])
 - A Posix Shell                     (for some tests)
-- python             >= 3.7         (only python 3.7 is supported)
+- python             >= 3.4         (3.4 and higher technically supported,
+                                     at least python 3.7 tested to work)
 - base tools
   - mostly:
     - bc,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index eac6b67b8..5bfb4ce72 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -208,9 +208,9 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_SSH_KEY,  ssh -D 12345 -o "BatchMode yes" -o "UserKnownHosts
 rm -f /tmp/gnunet_test_cosks_ssh_garbage
 
 # autotools' m4 for python has no maximum version!
-# python3.7 for tests
-m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST],[python3 python3.7 python])
-AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.7],, [:])
+# python3.4 - python3.7 for tests
+m4_define_default([_AM_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_LIST],[python3 python3.4 python3.5 python3.6 python3.7 python])
+AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.4],, [:])
 AC_SUBST([PYTHON])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PYTHON], [test "$PYTHON" != :])