Index: buildsys.mk.in
==================================================================
--- buildsys.mk.in
+++ buildsys.mk.in
@@ -27,17 +27,19 @@
 DC = @DC@
 ERLC = @ERLC@
 OBJC = @OBJC@
 AR = @AR@
 LD = ${CC}
+PYTHON = @PYTHON@
 CFLAGS = @CFLAGS@
 CXXFLAGS = @CXXFLAGS@
 CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@
 DFLAGS = @DFLAGS@
 ERLCFLAGS = @ERLCFLAGS@
 OBJCFLAGS = @OBJCFLAGS@
 LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+PYTHON_FLAGS = @PYTHON_FLAGS@
 LIBS = @LIBS@
 PROG_IMPLIB_NEEDED = @PROG_IMPLIB_NEEDED@
 PROG_IMPLIB_LDFLAGS = @PROG_IMPLIB_LDFLAGS@
 PROG_SUFFIX = @EXEEXT@
 LIB_CPPFLAGS = @LIB_CPPFLAGS@
@@ -72,14 +74,15 @@
 OBJS2 = ${OBJS1:.cc=.o}
 OBJS3 = ${OBJS2:.cxx=.o}
 OBJS4 = ${OBJS3:.d=.o}
 OBJS5 = ${OBJS4:.erl=.beam}
 OBJS6 = ${OBJS5:.m=.o}
-OBJS += ${OBJS6:.xpm=.o}
+OBJS7 = ${OBJS6:.py=.pyc}
+OBJS += ${OBJS7:.xpm=.o}
 
 .SILENT:
-.SUFFIXES: .beam .c .cc .cxx .d .dep .erl .m .xpm
+.SUFFIXES: .beam .c .cc .cxx .d .dep .erl .m .py .pyc .xpm
 .PHONY: all subdirs pre-depend depend install install-extra uninstall uninstall-extra clean distclean
 
 all:
 	for i in subdirs depend ${STATIC_LIB} ${STATIC_LIB_NOINST} ${LIB} ${LIB_NOINST} ${PLUGIN} ${PLUGIN_NOINST} ${PROG} ${PROG_NOINST}; do \
 		${MAKE} ${MFLAGS} $$i || exit 1; \
@@ -199,10 +202,18 @@
 
 .m.o:
 	${COMPILE_STATUS}
 	if ${OBJC} ${OBJCFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} -c -o $@ $<; then \
 		${COMPILE_OK}; \
+	else \
+		${COMPILE_FAILED}; \
+	fi
+
+.py.pyc:
+	${COMPILE_STATUS}
+	if ${PYTHON} ${PYTHON_FLAGS} -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile('$<')"; then \
+		${COMPILE_OK}; \
 	else \
 		${COMPILE_FAILED}; \
 	fi
 
 .xpm.o: