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.])