diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 01d20baef..7b66b61eb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ AC_PATH_TOOL(STRIP, strip)
 AC_PATH_TOOL(GCOV, gcov)
 AC_PATH_PROG(LCOV, lcov)
 AC_PATH_PROG(JAVA, java)
-AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python3 python2.7 python2 python])
+dnl Python 3.x is supported from 3.4 on (see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues/7893)
+AC_PATH_PROGS([PYTHON], [python3.6 python3.5 python3.4 python3 python2.7 python2 python])
 AC_PATH_PROG(GENHTML, genhtml)
 AC_PATH_PROG([GIT], [git])
 AC_PATH_PROG(CCACHE,ccache)
@@ -366,8 +367,15 @@ case $host in
      TARGET_OS=linux
      LEVELDB_TARGET_FLAGS="-DOS_LINUX"
      ;;
+   *freebsd*)
+     LEVELDB_TARGET_FLAGS="-DOS_FREEBSD"
+     ;;
+   *openbsd*)
+     LEVELDB_TARGET_FLAGS="-DOS_OPENBSD"
+     ;;
    *)
      OTHER_OS=`echo ${host_os} | awk '{print toupper($0)}'`
+     AC_MSG_WARN([Guessing LevelDB OS as OS_${OTHER_OS}, please check whether this is correct, if not add an entry to configure.ac.])
      LEVELDB_TARGET_FLAGS="-DOS_${OTHER_OS}"
      ;;
 esac