diff --git a/scripts/ost_config.in b/scripts/ost_config.in
index 7e242c696b225067bc33d4cf9aafc7b2f98b9cbe..0c044cf7ae7174ddf78a2d4395ac7173f8e44bfd 100644
--- a/scripts/ost_config.in
+++ b/scripts/ost_config.in
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$DNG_LIBDIR:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 #unset PYTHONPATH
 
 
+
 # retrieve absolute path to python executable
-pyexec="$DNG_ROOT/bin/python"
+pyexec="@PYTHON_BINARY@"
 
 if [ ! -x "$pyexec" ]; then 
   echo "Error: Python executable '$pyexec' not found!"