diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index e6b5bda..8f904de 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ Build has been tested on the following operating systems (x86-64 only):
 * libtool
 * libusb-1.0 + headers
 * pkg-config
-* python (2.6 or greater)
+* python3 (3.6 or greater)
 
 ### Installation instructions
 
 | Platform | Install instructions |
 | -------- | -------------------- |
-| Ubuntu   | `sudo apt-get install automake autoconf gettext autopoint libtool libusb-1.0-0-dev pkg-config python` |
-| MacOS + Homebrew  | `brew install automake autoconf gettext libtool libusb pkg-config python` |
+| Ubuntu   | `sudo apt-get install automake autoconf gettext autopoint libtool libusb-1.0-0-dev pkg-config python3` |
+| MacOS + Homebrew  | `brew install automake autoconf gettext libtool libusb pkg-config python3` |
 
 ## Optional Packages
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7158f31..121650a 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ AC_PROG_CC
 AC_PROG_CC_STDC
 AC_PROG_AWK
 AM_PROG_AR
-AM_PATH_PYTHON([2.6])
+AM_PATH_PYTHON([3.6])
 LT_INIT
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
 PKG_INSTALLDIR
diff --git a/lib/libx52util/Makefile.am b/lib/libx52util/Makefile.am
index c7e586b..0dc3282 100644
--- a/lib/libx52util/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/libx52util/Makefile.am
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST = 	x52_char_map.cfg \
 # Autogenerated file that needs to be cleaned up
 CLEANFILES = util_char_map.c
 util_char_map.c: $(srcdir)/x52_char_map.cfg x52_char_map_gen.py
-	$(AM_V_GEN) $(srcdir)/x52_char_map_gen.py $(srcdir)/x52_char_map.cfg $@
+	$(AM_V_GEN) $(PYTHON) $(srcdir)/x52_char_map_gen.py $(srcdir)/x52_char_map.cfg $@