diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 148884c..ba88864 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -205,10 +205,10 @@ endif ( BUILD_KSIM )
 if ( BUILD_SUPERKARAMBA )
   check_include_file( "sys/types.h" HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H )
 
-  find_package( PythonLibs )
-  if( NOT PYTHONLIBS_FOUND )
-    tde_message_fatal( "python is required, but was not found on your system" )
-  endif( NOT PYTHONLIBS_FOUND )
+  find_package (Python3 COMPONENTS Development)
+  if( NOT Python3_Development_FOUND )
+      tde_message_fatal( "Python3 is required, but was not found on your system" )
+  endif()
 
   if( WITH_TDENEWSTUFF )
     set( HAVE_TDENEWSTUFF 1 )
diff --git a/superkaramba/src/CMakeLists.txt b/superkaramba/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 211ee0c..be73cc2 100644
--- a/superkaramba/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/superkaramba/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ include_directories(
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
-  ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  ${Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${TDE_INCLUDE_DIR}
   ${TQT_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ tde_add_executable( superkaramba AUTOMOC
     superkarambasettings.kcfgc themelocale.cpp
     input.cpp sklineedit.cpp input_python.cpp
     svcgrp_python.cpp
-  LINK tdeio-shared ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} 
+  LINK tdeio-shared ${Python3_LIBRARIES}
     ${TDENEWSTUFF_LIBRARIES}
     ${LIBKVM_LIBRARIES}
   DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}