diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4f649916f..b6b1e2cd3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ default_cwarnflags()
 
 default_pytest()
 {
-    PYTEST_BINS="pytest-3 pytest3 pytest py.test"
+    PYTEST_BINS="pytest py.test pytest3 pytest-3"
     for p in $PYTEST_BINS; do
 	if [ "$(which $p)" != "" ] ; then
 	    "$p" --version 2>&1 | grep -q "python3" || continue