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) ;