diff --git a/cmake_support/FindPython.cmake b/cmake_support/FindPython.cmake
index 702744428efb4d11abff9b354f8c84a4d7a0950e..e1ba2b78830213e3696b602693c42d2dfa228dff 100644
--- a/cmake_support/FindPython.cmake
+++ b/cmake_support/FindPython.cmake
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ macro(check_for_python_lib)
     _find_python("${PYTHON_ROOT}" "${PYTHON_VERSION}")
   else()
     foreach(_VERSION ${PYTHON_VERSIONS})
-     if(${PYTHON_MIN_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${_VERSION})
+     if((${PYTHON_MIN_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${_VERSION}) OR
+        (${PYTHON_MIN_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL ${_VERSION}))
         _find_python("${PYTHON_ROOT}" "${_VERSION}")
         if(PYTHON_LIBRARIES)
           set(PYTHON_VERSION "${_VERSION}")
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ macro(check_for_python_binary)
     _find_python_bin("${PYTHON_ROOT}" "${PYTHON_VERSION}")
   else()
     foreach(_VERSION ${PYTHON_VERSIONS})
-      if(${PYTHON_MIN_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${_VERSION})
+      if((${PYTHON_MIN_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${_VERSION}) OR
+         (${PYTHON_MIN_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL ${_VERSION}))
         _find_python_bin("${PYTHON_ROOT}" "${_VERSION}")
         if(PYTHON_BINARY)
           set(PYTHON_VERSION "${_VERSION}")