diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8d5ea251b..885d0e88d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ PYUNBOUND_OBJ
 WITH_PYUNBOUND
 PYTHONMOD_UNINSTALL
 PYTHONMOD_INSTALL
+PYTHONMOD_HEADER
 PYTHONMOD_OBJ
 WITH_PYTHONMODULE
 swig
@@ -15942,6 +15943,8 @@ $as_echo "#define WITH_PYTHONMODULE 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 	    PYTHONMOD_OBJ="pythonmod.lo pythonmod_utils.lo"
 
+	    PYTHONMOD_HEADER='$(srcdir)/pythonmod/pythonmod.h'
+
 	    PYTHONMOD_INSTALL=pythonmod-install
 
 	    PYTHONMOD_UNINSTALL=pythonmod-uninstall