diff --git a/package/base/rpm/rpm.conf b/package/base/rpm/rpm.conf
index 014a949a6..0da15e526 100644
--- a/package/base/rpm/rpm.conf
+++ b/package/base/rpm/rpm.conf
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ main_rpm() {
 
 custmain="main_rpm"
 
-var_append confopt " " "--with-python=2.4"
+var_append confopt " " "--with-python=2.5"