diff --git a/include/binaries b/include/binaries
index ca2a89cf..d1685756 100644
--- a/include/binaries
+++ b/include/binaries
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@
                             ps)                     PSFOUND=1;             PSBINARY="${BINARY}";                                                          logtext "  Found known binary: ps (process listing) - ${BINARY}"                                          ;;
                             puppet)                 PUPPETFOUND=1;         PUPPETBINARY="${BINARY}";                                                      logtext "  Found known binary: puppet (automation tooling) - ${BINARY}"                                   ;;
                             puppetmasterd)          PUPPETMASTERDFOUND=1;  PUPPETMASTERDBINARY="${BINARY}";                                               logtext "  Found known binary: puppetmasterd (puppet master daemon) - ${BINARY}"                          ;;
-                            python)                 PYTHONBINARY="${BINARY}";                                                                             logtext "  Found known binary: python (programming language intepreter) - ${BINARY}"                      ;;
+                            python)                 PYTHONFOUND=1;         PYTHONBINARY="${BINARY}"; PYTHONVERSION=`${BINARY}  --version 2>&1 | sed 's/^Python //'`; logtext "Found known binary: ${I} (programming language intepreter) - ${BINARY} (version ${PYTHONVERSION})" ;;
+                            python2)                PYTHON2FOUND=1;        PYTHON2BINARY="${BINARY}"; PYTHON2VERSION=`${BINARY}  --version 2>&1 | sed 's/^Python //'`; logtext "Found known binary: ${I} (programming language intepreter) - ${BINARY} (version ${PYTHON2VERSION})" ;;
+                            python3)                PYTHON3FOUND=1;        PYTHON3BINARY="${BINARY}"; PYTHON3VERSION=`${BINARY}  --version 2>&1 | sed 's/^Python //'`; logtext "Found known binary: ${I} (programming language intepreter) - ${BINARY} (version ${PYTHON3VERSION})" ;;
                             readlink)               READLINKFOUND=1;       READLINKBINARY="${BINARY}";                                                    logtext "  Found known binary: readlink (follows symlinks) - ${BINARY}"                                   ;;
                             rkhunter)               RKHUNTERFOUND=1;       RKHUNTERBINARY="${BINARY}";             MALWARE_SCANNER_INSTALLED=1;           logtext "  Found known binary: rkhunter (malware scanner) - ${BINARY}"                                    ;;
                             rootsh)                 ROOTSHFOUND=1;         ROOTSHBINARY="${BINARY}";                                                      logtext "  Found known binary: rootsh (wrapper for shells) - ${BINARY}"                                   ;;