diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 59ba4ab..3444a68 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -603,9 +603,9 @@ if test "x$ac_enable_python_binding" = "xno"; then
 else
 
   # Do we have Python and Python.h?
-  AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.2],
+  AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.5],
                  [has_python="yes"],
-                 [AC_MSG_WARN([Python >= 2.2 not found. Python >= 2.2 is required to build python binding. Python can be obtained from http://www.python.org])])
+                 [AC_MSG_WARN([Python >= 2.5 not found. Python >= 2.5 is required to build python binding. Python can be obtained from http://www.python.org])])
 
   # It would really be weired if Python has not been found, as barely every system has Python. Maybe
   # it was not found because the autoconf is so old, and in an early version of the AM_PATH_PYTHON