index 0dfc750a22..703c501d08 100644
--- a/boost/tools/build/src/tools/python.jam
+++ b/boost/tools/build/src/tools/python.jam
@@ -547,13 +547,9 @@ local rule compute-default-paths ( target-os : version ? : prefix ? :
     }
     else
     {
-        local default-include-path = $(prefix)/include/python$(version) ;
-        if ! [ path.exists $(default-include-path) ] && [ path.exists $(default-include-path)m ]
-        {
-            default-include-path = $(default-include-path)m ;
-        }
-
-        includes ?= $(default-include-path) ;
+        python_includes = [ shell-cmd "printf `python$(version) -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc());'`" ] ;
+        python_platincludes = [ shell-cmd "printf `python$(version) -c 'import distutils.sysconfig; print(distutils.sysconfig.get_python_inc(plat_specific=1));'`" ] ;
+        includes ?= $(python_includes) $(python_platincludes) ;
 
         local lib = $(exec-prefix)/lib ;
         libraries ?= $(lib)/python$(version)/config $(lib) ;