diff -ur pycairo-1.8.6/configure.ac pycairo-1.8.6.new/configure.ac
--- pycairo-1.8.6/configure.ac	2009-06-25 12:38:07 +0400
+++ pycairo-1.8.6.new/configure.ac	2009-07-01 22:51:32 +0400
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 AC_DISABLE_STATIC
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL dnl required version (1.4) DON'T REMOVE - used by autogen.sh
 
-AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.6)
+AM_PATH_PYTHON(2.5)
 
 # Checks for libraries ---
 
diff -ur pycairo-1.8.6/setup.py pycairo-1.8.6.new/setup.py
--- pycairo-1.8.6/setup.py	2009-06-25 12:39:41 +0400
+++ pycairo-1.8.6.new/setup.py	2009-07-01 22:47:59 +0400
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
     return [x.lstrip(opt) for x in output.split()]
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (2,6):
-    raise SystemExit('Error: Python >= 2.6 is required')
+#if sys.version_info < (2,6):
+#    raise SystemExit('Error: Python >= 2.6 is required')
 
 pkg_config_version_check ('cairo', cairo_version_required)
 if sys.platform == 'win32':