diff --git a/buildScripts/buildFontforge b/buildScripts/buildFontforge
index db680e2..81d5340 100755
--- a/buildScripts/buildFontforge
+++ b/buildScripts/buildFontforge
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ source buildScripts/versionEnvs
 
 export CONFIG_SITE=/home/travis/build/pdf2htmlEX/buildScripts/fontforgeConfig.site
 
+pkg-config --cflags python
+
 cd fontforge
 ./bootstrap
 ./configure --disable-silent-rules