diff --git a/fm-common/sources/Makefile b/fm-common/sources/Makefile
index 6a4dd53f..70872970 100755
--- a/fm-common/sources/Makefile
+++ b/fm-common/sources/Makefile
@@ -4,13 +4,24 @@ SRCS = fmAPI.cpp fmFile.cpp fmLog.cpp fmMsgServer.cpp fmMutex.cpp fmSocket.cpp f
 CLI_SRCS = fm_cli.cpp
 OBJS = $(SRCS:.cpp=.o)
 CLI_OBJS = fm_cli.o
-LDLIBS = -lstdc++ -lrt -luuid -lpq -lpthread -lpython3.6m -ljson-c
+LDLIBS = -lstdc++ -lrt -luuid -lpq -lpthread -ljson-c
 INCLUDES = -I./ -I$(shell pg_config --includedir)
-CCFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall -Werror -fPIC
+CCFLAGS = -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC
 EXTRACCFLAGS= -Wformat -Wformat-security
 
 MAJOR ?= 1
 MINOR ?= 0
+OS_ID        = $(shell grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -f2- -d= | sed -e 's/\"//g')
+OS_VERSION_ID= $(shell grep '^VERSION_ID=' /etc/os-release | cut -f2- -d= | sed -e 's/\"//g')
+ifeq ($(OS_ID)-$(OS_VERSION_ID),centos-8)
+LDLIBS += -lpython3.6m
+INCLUDES += -I/usr/include/python3.6m
+CCFLAGS += -Werror
+else
+INCLUDES += -I/usr/include/python2.7
+LDLIBS += -lpython2.7
+endif
+
 
 DESTDIR ?= /
 BINDIR ?= /usr/local/bin
diff --git a/fm-common/sources/fmDbUtils.cpp b/fm-common/sources/fmDbUtils.cpp
index bbde207f..27861189 100644
--- a/fm-common/sources/fmDbUtils.cpp
+++ b/fm-common/sources/fmDbUtils.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <arpa/inet.h>
-#include <python3.6m/Python.h>
+#include <Python.h>
 
 
 #include "fmMutex.h"
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ bool fm_db_util_sync_event_suppression(void){
 
 	argc = 2;
 
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
 	wchar_t *py_argv[2];
 	py_argv[0] = Py_DecodeLocale(FM_DB_SYNC_EVENT_SUPPRESSION, NULL);
 	if (py_argv[0] == NULL) {
@@ -629,14 +630,23 @@ bool fm_db_util_sync_event_suppression(void){
 		return false;
 	}
 	Py_SetProgramName(py_argv[0]);
+#else
+    char * argv[2];
+    argv[0] = (char*)FM_DB_SYNC_EVENT_SUPPRESSION;
+    argv[1] = (char*)db_conn;
+
+    Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
+#endif
 	Py_Initialize();
 	PySys_SetArgv(argc, py_argv);
 	file = fopen(FM_DB_SYNC_EVENT_SUPPRESSION,"r");
 	PyRun_SimpleFile(file, FM_DB_SYNC_EVENT_SUPPRESSION);
 	fclose(file);
 	Py_Finalize();
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
 	PyMem_RawFree(py_argv[0]);
 	PyMem_RawFree(py_argv[1]);
+#endif
 
 	FM_INFO_LOG("Completed event suppression synchronization.\n");
 
diff --git a/fm-common/sources/fm_python_mod_main.cpp b/fm-common/sources/fm_python_mod_main.cpp
index 7b1ba25c..4ec6950d 100644
--- a/fm-common/sources/fm_python_mod_main.cpp
+++ b/fm-common/sources/fm_python_mod_main.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 //
 
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
-#include <python3.6m/Python.h>
+#include <Python.h>
+#define PyString_FromString PyUnicode_FromString
+#else
+#include <Python.h>
+#endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "fmAPI.h"
 #include "fmAlarmUtils.h"
@@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ static PyObject * _fm_set(PyObject * self, PyObject *args) {
 
 	rc = fm_set_fault(&alm_data, &tmp_uuid);
 	if (rc == FM_ERR_OK) {
-		return PyUnicode_FromString(&(tmp_uuid[0]));
+		return PyString_FromString(&(tmp_uuid[0]));
 	}
 
 	if (rc == FM_ERR_NOCONNECT){
@@ -120,7 +125,7 @@ static PyObject * _fm_get(PyObject * self, PyObject *args) {
 	rc = fm_get_fault(&af,&ad);
 	if (rc == FM_ERR_OK) {
 		fm_alarm_to_string(&ad,alm_str);
-		return PyUnicode_FromString(alm_str.c_str());
+		return PyString_FromString(alm_str.c_str());
 	}
 
 	if (rc == FM_ERR_ENTITY_NOT_FOUND) {
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ static PyObject * _fm_get_by_aid(PyObject * self, PyObject *args, PyObject* kwar
 			std::string s;
 			fm_alarm_to_string(&lst[ix],s);
 			if (s.size() > 0) {
-				if (PyList_Append(__lst, PyUnicode_FromString(s.c_str())) != 0) {
+				if (PyList_Append(__lst, PyString_FromString(s.c_str())) != 0) {
 					ERROR_LOG("Failed to append alarm to the list");
 				}
 			}
@@ -214,7 +219,7 @@ static PyObject * _fm_get_by_eid(PyObject * self, PyObject *args, PyObject* kwar
 			std::string s;
 			fm_alarm_to_string(&lst[ix], s);
 			if (s.size() > 0) {
-				if (PyList_Append(__lst,PyUnicode_FromString(s.c_str())) != 0) {
+				if (PyList_Append(__lst,PyString_FromString(s.c_str())) != 0) {
 					ERROR_LOG("Failed to append alarm to the list");
 				}
 			}
@@ -313,6 +318,7 @@ static PyMethodDef _methods [] = {
 	    { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL }
 };
 
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
 static struct PyModuleDef cModPyDem =
 {
 	PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT,
@@ -321,16 +327,24 @@ static struct PyModuleDef cModPyDem =
 	-1,          /* size of per-interpreter state of the module, or -1 if the module keeps state in global variables. */
 	_methods
 };
+#endif
 
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
 PyMODINIT_FUNC PyInit_fm_core() {
+        PyObject *m = PyModule_Create(&cModPyDem);
+        if (m == NULL){
+                PySys_WriteStderr("Failed to initialize fm_core");
+                return NULL;
+        }
+        return m;
+}
 #else
 PyMODINIT_FUNC initfm_core() {
-#endif
-	PyObject *m = PyModule_Create(&cModPyDem);
-	if (m == NULL){
-		PySys_WriteStderr("Failed to initialize fm_core");
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return m;
+        PyObject *m = Py_InitModule("fm_core", _methods);
+        if (m == NULL){
+                PySys_WriteStderr("Failed to initialize fm_core");
+                return;
+        }
 }
+#endif
+