diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac

index 980225a..3d3c8d1 100644

--- a/configure.ac

+++ b/configure.ac

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ fi

 # if docs are not disabled, check if rst2man is available

 if test $enable_man != "no"; then

-	AC_CHECK_PROGS(have_rst2man, rst2man-3.6 rst2man-3.4 rst2man-3 rst2man.py rst2man, no)

+	AC_CHECK_PROGS(have_rst2man, rst2man-3.6 rst2man-3.4 rst2man-3 rst2man.py3 rst2man.py rst2man, no)

 	if test $have_rst2man = "no"; then

 		if test $enable_man = "yes"; then

 			AC_MSG_ERROR([rst2man not found: cannot generate man pages, consider installing python{2,3}-docutils.])