commit 3da688a8f8ba75a9f3cb411011e24398d65497ad
Author: Tj <ubuntu@iam.tj>
Date:   Mon Apr 13 09:09:33 2020 +0100

    python: find and correctly link against libpython3.8

diff --git a/cmake/FindPython.cmake b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
index 2e71e4c57..4fa6d24e7 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPython.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
@@ -33,5 +33,8 @@ include(FindPkgConfig)
 if(ENABLE_PYTHON2)
     pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python2)
 else()
-    pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python3)
+    pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python3-embed)
+    if(NOT PYTHON_FOUND)
+        pkg_check_modules(PYTHON python3)
+    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ea014a988..e026789c3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -477,7 +477,10 @@ if test "x$enable_python" = "xyes" ; then
     if test "x$enable_python2" = "xyes" ; then
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, [python2], [PYTHON_FOUND=yes; PYTHON_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG --modversion python2`], [PYTHON_FOUND=no])
     else
-        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, [python3], [PYTHON_FOUND=yes; PYTHON_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG --modversion python3`], [PYTHON_FOUND=no])
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, [python3-embed], [PYTHON_FOUND=yes; PYTHON_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG --modversion python3-embed`], [PYTHON_FOUND=no])
+        if test "x$PYTHON_FOUND" != "xyes"; then
+            PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PYTHON, [python3], [PYTHON_FOUND=yes; PYTHON_VERSION=`$PKGCONFIG --modversion python3`], [PYTHON_FOUND=no])
+        fi
     fi
     if test "x$PYTHON_FOUND" != "xyes" ; then
         AC_MSG_WARN([