diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5d47074e9..7983d0ecd 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,19 @@ matrix:
     - compiler: gcc
       env: SWIGLANG=php
     - compiler: gcc
-      env: SWIGLANG=python
+      env: SWIGLANG=python VER=2.4
     - compiler: gcc
-      env: SWIGLANG=python PY3=1
+      env: SWIGLANG=python VER=2.5
     - compiler: gcc
-      env: SWIGLANG=python PY3=1 VER=3.3
+      env: SWIGLANG=python VER=2.6
+    - compiler: gcc
+      env: SWIGLANG=python # 2.7
+    - compiler: gcc
+      env: SWIGLANG=python PY3=3 # 3.2
+    - compiler: gcc
+      env: SWIGLANG=python PY3=3 VER=3.3
+    - compiler: gcc
+      env: SWIGLANG=python PY3=3 VER=3.4
     - compiler: gcc
       env: SWIGLANG=ruby
     - compiler: gcc
@@ -48,10 +56,10 @@ before_install:
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "octave"; then sudo apt-get -qq install octave3.2 octave3.2-headers; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "php"; then sudo apt-get install php5-cli php5-dev; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "python" -a "$PY3" -a -z "$VER"; then sudo apt-get install -qq python3-dev; fi
-  - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "python" -a "$VER"; then sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes && sudo apt-get -qq update && sudo apt-get -qq install python${VER}-dev; fi
+  - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "python" -a "$VER"; then sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fkrull/deadsnakes && sudo apt-get -qq update && sudo apt-get -qq install python${VER}-dev && export CONFIGOPTS="--with-python${PY3}=python${VER}"; fi
   - if test "$SWIGLANG" = "tcl"; then sudo apt-get -qq install tcl8.4-dev; fi
 script:
-  - ./autogen.sh && ./configure
+  - ./autogen.sh && ./configure $CONFIGOPTS
   - make -s $SWIGJOBS
   - ./swig -version && ./swig -pcreversion
   - if test -z "$SWIGLANG"; then make -s $SWIGJOBS check-ccache; fi