diff -Naur -x '*.o' b/lib/Makefile a/lib/Makefile
--- b/lib/Makefile      2018-02-26 18:21:06.000000000 +0100
+++ a/lib/Makefile      2018-03-04 15:57:28.507301683 +0100
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 endif

 ifdef USEPYTHON
-       BASELIBS += $(shell python-config --libs)
+       BASELIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs python)
    LIBOBJS += python.o
 endif

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 DEFINES += $(USES)

 ifdef USEPYTHON
-       CFLAGS += $(shell python-config --includes)
+       CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config --cflags python)
 endif

 all: lib $(TEST) $(DEMO)
diff -Naur -x '*.o' b/Makefile a/Makefile
--- b/Makefile  2018-03-04 18:43:44.170060460 +0100
+++ a/Makefile  2018-02-26 18:21:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 LIBS += -lrt -larchive -lcrypto
 LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs uuid)
 LIBS += $(shell pkg-config --libs tinyxml2)
-LIBS += $(shell mysql_config --libs_r) $(shell pkg-config --libs python) $(shell pkg-config --libs jansson)
+LIBS += $(shell mysql_config --libs_r) $(shell python-config --libs) $(shell pkg-config --libs jansson)

 EPG2VDR_DATA_DIR = "/var/cache/vdr"