diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 018df12..d1db8e3 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -201,8 +201,25 @@ endif ( BUILD_KSIM )
 if ( BUILD_SUPERKARAMBA )
   check_include_file( "sys/types.h" HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H )
 
-  find_package( PythonLibs )
-  if( NOT PYTHONLIBS_FOUND OR "${PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING}" LESS "3" )
+  if( ${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.12" )
+    find_package( PythonLibs )
+    if( NOT PYTHONLIBS_FOUND )
+      tde_message_fatal( "Python is required, but was not found on your system" )
+    endif( NOT PYTHONLIBS_FOUND )
+  else( )
+    find_package( Python COMPONENTS Development )
+    if( NOT Python_Development_FOUND )
+      tde_message_fatal( "Python is required, but was not found on your system" )
+    endif( )
+    set( PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING "${Python_VERSION}" )
+    set( PYTHON_VERSION_STRING "${Python_VERSION}" )
+    set( PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR  "${Python_VERSION_MAJOR}" )
+    set( PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR  "${Python_VERSION_MINOR}" )
+    set( PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS   "${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}" )
+    set( PYTHON_LIBRARIES      "${Python_LIBRARIES}" )
+  endif( )
+
+  if( "${PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING}" LESS "3" )
     tde_message_fatal( "Python3 is required, but was not found on your system" )
   endif( )
 
diff --git a/superkaramba/examples/globalMouse/CMakeLists.txt b/superkaramba/examples/globalMouse/CMakeLists.txt
index 9df1a76..499a26b 100644
--- a/superkaramba/examples/globalMouse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/superkaramba/examples/globalMouse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ##### xcursor.so #######################
 
 include_directories(
-  ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 tde_add_library( xcursor MODULE NO_LIBTOOL_FILE