diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4dc82186..c69432be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -180,8 +180,10 @@ ENDIF(SEMS_USE_OPENSSL)
 # Let's try to find Python development files
 FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs)
 IF(PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
+	GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(PYTHON_LD_PATH ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} PATH)
 	MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Python includes:	${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH}/Python.h")
 	MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Python library: ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES}")
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "Found Python library path: ${PYTHON_LD_PATH}")
 	MESSAGE(STATUS "Using Python: YES")
 ELSE(PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
 	MESSAGE(STATUS "Using Python: NO")
diff --git a/apps/ivr/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/ivr/CMakeLists.txt
index 568a028a..220ca82d 100644
--- a/apps/ivr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/ivr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@ IvrSipRequest.cpp
 IvrUAC.cpp
 )
 
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH})
-
 IF(FLITE_FOUND)
 	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${FLITE_INCLUDE_DIR}/flite)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DIVR_WITH_TTS)
 	SET(sems_module_libs flite_cmu_us_kal flite_usenglish flite_cmulex flite)
 ENDIF(FLITE_FOUND)
 
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH})
+EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND python-config --libs OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_LIB_FLAGS OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${PYTHON_LIB_FLAGS}")
+
 SET(sems_module_name ivr)
 SET(ivr_files py/log)
 INCLUDE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/module.rules.txt)
diff --git a/cmake/ivr.rules.txt b/cmake/ivr.rules.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8748e8d6..00000000
--- a/cmake/ivr.rules.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-FOREACH (ivr_file ${ivr_files})
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND python -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile('${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ivr_file}.py')")
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND python -O -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile('${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${ivr_file}.py')")
-	INSTALL (FILES ${ivr_file}.py ${ivr_file}.pyc ${ivr_file}.pyo DESTINATION ${SEMS_EXEC_PREFIX}/${SEMS_LIBDIR}/sems/ivr)
-ENDFOREACH()
-
diff --git a/cmake/python.rules.txt b/cmake/python.rules.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b118050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/python.rules.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+FUNCTION(PYTHON_SOURCES_COMPILE python_files sems_python_dir)
+	FOREACH (python_file ${python_files})
+		EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND python -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile('${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${python_file}.py')")
+		EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND python -O -c "import py_compile; py_compile.compile('${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${python_file}.py')")
+		INSTALL (FILES ${python_file}.py ${python_file}.pyc ${python_file}.pyo DESTINATION ${SEMS_EXEC_PREFIX}/${SEMS_LIBDIR}/sems/${sems_python_dir})
+	ENDFOREACH()
+ENDFUNCTION()