diff -urN fontforge-20190413.old/m4/fontforge_arg_enable.m4 fontforge-20190413/m4/fontforge_arg_enable.m4
--- fontforge-20190413.old/m4/fontforge_arg_enable.m4	2019-04-13 13:08:39.000000000 +0530
+++ fontforge-20190413/m4/fontforge_arg_enable.m4	2019-07-21 16:31:27.939734401 +0530
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
 if test x"${i_do_have_python_scripting}" != xyes; then
    i_want_python_ver=
 else
-   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYTHON],[python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"], dnl   [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYTHONDEV],[python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"],,[i_do_have_python_scripting=maybe])],
-      [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYTHONDEV],[python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"],,[i_do_have_python_scripting=no])],
+   PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYTHON],[python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"-embed], dnl   [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYTHONDEV],[python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"-embed],,[i_do_have_python_scripting=maybe])],
+      [PKG_CHECK_MODULES([PYTHONDEV],[python-"${PYTHON_VERSION}"-embed],,[i_do_have_python_scripting=no])],
       [i_do_have_python_scripting=no])
 dnl dnl TODO: have python3 AND python2, but only have python2 dev, but no python3 dev
 dnl if test x"${i_do_have_python_scripting}" = xmaybe; then