diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/pyrenderdoc_stub.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/pyrenderdoc_stub.cpp
index b0abefd18..2d9bd2c7d 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/pyrenderdoc_stub.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/pyrenderdoc_stub.cpp
@@ -72,4 +72,9 @@ extern "C" void ProcessDecRefQueue()
 {
 }
 
+extern "C" RENDERDOC_EXPORT_API int _rd_python_minor_version()
+{
+  return PY_MINOR_VERSION;
+}
+
 REPLAY_PROGRAM_MARKER()
diff --git a/renderdoc/api/replay/renderdoc_replay.h b/renderdoc/api/replay/renderdoc_replay.h
index 5e6dfef85..19d3e8ddf 100644
--- a/renderdoc/api/replay/renderdoc_replay.h
+++ b/renderdoc/api/replay/renderdoc_replay.h
@@ -2444,8 +2444,7 @@ extern "C" RENDERDOC_API int RENDERDOC_CC RENDERDOC_RunUnitTests(const rdcstr &c
                                                                  const rdcarray<rdcstr> &args);
 
 DOCUMENT("INTERNAL: Run functional tests.");
-extern "C" RENDERDOC_API int RENDERDOC_CC RENDERDOC_RunFunctionalTests(int pythonMinorVersion,
-                                                                       const rdcarray<rdcstr> &args);
+extern "C" RENDERDOC_API int RENDERDOC_CC RENDERDOC_RunFunctionalTests(const rdcarray<rdcstr> &args);
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(SWIG)
diff --git a/renderdoc/replay/entry_points.cpp b/renderdoc/replay/entry_points.cpp
index 10ee2fe90..5a1be8eb9 100644
--- a/renderdoc/replay/entry_points.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/replay/entry_points.cpp
@@ -891,8 +891,7 @@ static void TestPrintMsg(const rdcstr &msg)
   OSUtility::WriteOutput(OSUtility::Output_StdErr, msg.c_str());
 }
 
-extern "C" RENDERDOC_API int RENDERDOC_CC RENDERDOC_RunFunctionalTests(int pythonMinorVersion,
-                                                                       const rdcarray<rdcstr> &args)
+extern "C" RENDERDOC_API int RENDERDOC_CC RENDERDOC_RunFunctionalTests(const rdcarray<rdcstr> &args)
 {
 #if ENABLED(RDOC_WIN32)
   const char *moduledir = "/pymodules";
@@ -932,6 +931,25 @@ extern "C" RENDERDOC_API int RENDERDOC_CC RENDERDOC_RunFunctionalTests(int pytho
     return 1;
   }
 
+  void *moduleHandle = Process::LoadModule(moduleFilename);
+
+  int pythonMinorVersion = 0;
+
+  if(moduleHandle)
+  {
+    typedef int (*PFN_rd_python_minor_version)();
+
+    PFN_rd_python_minor_version minor = (PFN_rd_python_minor_version)Process::GetFunctionAddress(
+        moduleHandle, "_rd_python_minor_version");
+
+    pythonMinorVersion = minor();
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    TestPrintMsg(StringFormat::Fmt("Couldn't load python module at %s\n", moduleFilename.c_str()));
+    return 1;
+  }
+
   // if we've been built either on windows or on linux from within the project root, going up two
   // directories from the library will put us at the project root. This is the most common scenario
   // and we don't add handling for locating the script elsewhere as in that case the user can run it
diff --git a/renderdoccmd/CMakeLists.txt b/renderdoccmd/CMakeLists.txt
index a0e2e0bb3..7f181469e 100644
--- a/renderdoccmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/renderdoccmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ set(includes PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/re
 set(libraries PRIVATE renderdoc)
 
 if(PythonLibs_FOUND)
-    add_definitions(-DPYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR})
+    add_definitions(-DPYTHON_AVAILALBE=1)
 else()
-    add_definitions(-DPYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=0)
+    add_definitions(-DPYTHON_AVAILALBE=0)
 endif()
 
 if(APPLE)
diff --git a/renderdoccmd/renderdoccmd.cpp b/renderdoccmd/renderdoccmd.cpp
index c43ff67e5..a65cbb0aa 100644
--- a/renderdoccmd/renderdoccmd.cpp
+++ b/renderdoccmd/renderdoccmd.cpp
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ public:
   virtual void AddOptions(cmdline::parser &parser)
   {
     parser.set_footer(
-#if PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR > 0
+#if PYTHON_AVAILABLE == 1
         "<unit|functional>"
 #else
         "<unit>"
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ public:
     rest.erase(rest.begin());
 
     if(mode != "unit"
-#if PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR > 0
+#if PYTHON_AVAILABLE == 1
        && mode != "functional"
 #endif
     )
@@ -898,9 +898,9 @@ public:
   {
     if(mode == "unit")
       return RENDERDOC_RunUnitTests("renderdoccmd test unit", args);
-#if PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR > 0
+#if PYTHON_AVAILABLE == 1
     else if(mode == "functional")
-      return RENDERDOC_RunFunctionalTests(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR, args);
+      return RENDERDOC_RunFunctionalTests(args);
 #endif
 
     std::cerr << "Unsupported test frame work '" << mode << "'" << std::endl << std::endl;
diff --git a/renderdoccmd/renderdoccmd.vcxproj b/renderdoccmd/renderdoccmd.vcxproj
index 687d990e8..dd8d6650d 100644
--- a/renderdoccmd/renderdoccmd.vcxproj
+++ b/renderdoccmd/renderdoccmd.vcxproj
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;RENDERDOC_PLATFORM_WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=6;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;RENDERDOC_PLATFORM_WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PYTHON_AVAILABLE=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)renderdocshim\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\api\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\api\replay;$(SolutionDir)renderdoccmd\3rdparty\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\3rdparty\</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN64;RENDERDOC_PLATFORM_WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=6;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN64;RENDERDOC_PLATFORM_WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;PYTHON_AVAILABLE=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)renderdocshim\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\api\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\api\replay;$(SolutionDir)renderdoccmd\3rdparty\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\3rdparty\</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;RENDERDOC_PLATFORM_WIN32;NDEBUG;RELEASE;_CONSOLE;PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=6;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;RENDERDOC_PLATFORM_WIN32;NDEBUG;RELEASE;_CONSOLE;PYTHON_AVAILABLE=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)renderdocshim\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\api\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\api\replay;$(SolutionDir)renderdoccmd\3rdparty\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\3rdparty\</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN64;RENDERDOC_PLATFORM_WIN32;NDEBUG;RELEASE;_CONSOLE;PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR=6;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN64;RENDERDOC_PLATFORM_WIN32;NDEBUG;RELEASE;_CONSOLE;PYTHON_AVAILABLE=1;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(SolutionDir)renderdocshim\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\api\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\api\replay;$(SolutionDir)renderdoccmd\3rdparty\;$(SolutionDir)renderdoc\3rdparty\</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
     </ClCompile>