diff --git a/recipes/hostpython2/__init__.py b/recipes/hostpython2/__init__.py
index 6fb5b6b..44bc20c 100644
--- a/recipes/hostpython2/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/hostpython2/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Hostpython2Recipe(Recipe):
 
     def init_with_ctx(self, ctx):
         super(Hostpython2Recipe, self).init_with_ctx(ctx)
-        self.set_hostpython(self, 2.7)
+        self.set_hostpython(self, "2.7")
         self.ctx.so_suffix = ".so"
         self.ctx.hostpython = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "hostpython2", "bin", "python")
         self.ctx.hostpgen = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "hostpython2", "bin", "pgen")
diff --git a/recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py b/recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
index 740dcc9..5dabb31 100644
--- a/recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/hostpython3/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Hostpython3Recipe(Recipe):
 
     def init_with_ctx(self, ctx):
         super(Hostpython3Recipe, self).init_with_ctx(ctx)
-        self.set_hostpython(self, 3.7)
+        self.set_hostpython(self, "3.7")
         self.ctx.so_suffix = ".cpython-37m-darwin.so"
         self.ctx.hostpython = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "hostpython3", "bin", "python")
         self.ctx.hostpgen = join(self.ctx.dist_dir, "hostpython3", "bin", "pgen")
diff --git a/recipes/python2/__init__.py b/recipes/python2/__init__.py
index b59130b..eb2895e 100644
--- a/recipes/python2/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/python2/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Python2Recipe(Recipe):
 
     def init_with_ctx(self, ctx):
         super(Python2Recipe, self).init_with_ctx(ctx)
-        self.set_python(self, 2.7)
+        self.set_python(self, "2.7")
         ctx.python_ver_dir = "python2.7"
         ctx.python_prefix = join(ctx.dist_dir, "root", "python2")
         ctx.site_packages_dir = join(
diff --git a/recipes/python3/__init__.py b/recipes/python3/__init__.py
index 231c519..b5f08fd 100644
--- a/recipes/python3/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/python3/__init__.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Python3Recipe(Recipe):
 
     def init_with_ctx(self, ctx):
         super(Python3Recipe, self).init_with_ctx(ctx)
-        self.set_python(self, 3.7)
+        self.set_python(self, "3.7")
         ctx.python_ver_dir = "python3.7"
         ctx.python_prefix = join(ctx.dist_dir, "root", "python3")
         ctx.site_packages_dir = join(
diff --git a/toolchain.py b/toolchain.py
index 7b51445..96bb407 100755
--- a/toolchain.py
+++ b/toolchain.py
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class Recipe(object):
                 hostpython))
             print("ERROR: You can have only one hostpython version compiled")
             sys.exit(1)
-        self.ctx.python_major = int(version)
+        self.ctx.python_major = version.split('.')[0]
         self.ctx.hostpython_ver = version
         self.ctx.hostpython_recipe = instance