diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e337eca2..faf18159 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Until May 2022 (inclusive) no changelog was kept. We might try to reconstruct it
 * FairRoot: Add missing GEANT3 dependency
 * EvtGen: Fix detection of C++11
 * ACTS/Eigen3/Hepmc3: Fixed module detection
+* FairShip: Find python paths correctly
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/fairship.sh b/fairship.sh
index c8c514d1..555a101c 100644
--- a/fairship.sh
+++ b/fairship.sh
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ cmake $SOURCEDIR                                                 \
       -DHEPMC_INCLUDE_DIR=$HEPMC_ROOT/include/HepMC              \
       -DEVTGEN_INCLUDE_DIR=$EVTGEN_ROOT/include                  \
       -DEVTGEN_LIBRARY_DIR=$EVTGEN_ROOT/lib                      \
-      ${PYTHON_ROOT:+-DPYTHON_LIBRARY=$PYTHON_ROOT/lib}          \
-      ${PYTHON_ROOT:+-DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=$PYTHON_ROOT/include/python3.6m/} \
+      -DPYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR=$(python -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('include'))")  \
+      -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=$(python -c "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR'))") \
       -DPYTHIA8_DIR=$PYTHIA_ROOT                                 \
       -DPYTHIA8_INCLUDE_DIR=$PYTHIA_ROOT/include                 \
       -DGEANT4_ROOT=$GEANT4_ROOT                                 \