diff --git a/CMake/FindBoost.cmake b/CMake/FindBoost.cmake
index 24be3e7216b8835921ae2ba4c5cac6d29ef07595..913b6b5c1892e8c66e20d54ffebe9cf989e27d12 100644
--- a/CMake/FindBoost.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindBoost.cmake
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ if("${Boost_FIND_COMPONENTS}" MATCHES "python")
         string(REPLACE "python"
                        "python-py${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}"
                Boost_FIND_COMPONENTS "${Boost_FIND_COMPONENTS}")
+        if(NOT Boost_python_FOUND)
+          string(REPLACE "python-py${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}"
+                         "python3"
+                 Boost_FIND_COMPONENTS "${Boost_FIND_COMPONENTS}")               
+        endif(NOT Boost_python_FOUND)
       endif(APPLE)
   endif(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR GREATER 2)
   else(PYTHON_FOUND)