diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix
index f4103662316e..c0b5d3401ddd 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.2/default.nix
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -msse2"''}
 
     configureFlagsArray=( --enable-shared --with-threads --with-wide-unicode
-                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p}/include") buildInputs)}"
-                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p}/lib") buildInputs)}"
+                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p.dev or p}/include") buildInputs)}"
+                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p.lib or (p.out or p)}/lib") buildInputs)}"
                           LIBS="${optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "-lcrypt"} ${optionalString (ncurses != null) "-lncurses"}"
                         )
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
index a8953f38245a..a46ef7c056b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.3/default.nix
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     ${optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="$NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE -msse2"''}
 
     configureFlagsArray=( --enable-shared --with-threads
-                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p}/include") buildInputs)}"
-                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p}/lib") buildInputs)}"
+                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p.dev or p}/include") buildInputs)}"
+                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p.lib or (p.out or p)}/lib") buildInputs)}"
                           LIBS="${optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "-lcrypt"} ${optionalString (ncurses != null) "-lncurses"}"
                         )
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.4/default.nix
index 10bb8b3215df..3d3069cf0b56 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.4/default.nix
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
      ''}
 
     configureFlagsArray=( --enable-shared --with-threads
-                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p}/include") buildInputs)}"
-                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p}/lib") buildInputs)}"
+                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p.dev or p}/include") buildInputs)}"
+                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p.lib or (p.out or p)}/lib") buildInputs)}"
                           LIBS="${optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "-lcrypt"} ${optionalString (ncurses != null) "-lncurses"}"
                         )
   '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.5/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.5/default.nix
index d689fdeee4c2..5c07b9e0cf02 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/3.5/default.nix
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
      ''}
 
     configureFlagsArray=( --enable-shared --with-threads
-                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p}/include") buildInputs)}"
-                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p}/lib") buildInputs)}"
+                          CPPFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-I${p.dev or p}/include") buildInputs)}"
+                          LDFLAGS="${concatStringsSep " " (map (p: "-L${p.lib or (p.out or p)}/lib") buildInputs)}"
                           LIBS="${optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) "-lcrypt"} ${optionalString (ncurses != null) "-lncurses"}"
                         )
   '';