diff --git a/shell/crm b/shell/crm
index 0cf9820f16..fd90dab04a 100644
--- a/shell/crm
+++ b/shell/crm
@@ -1,37 +1,45 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 #
 
 # Copyright (C) 2008 Dejan Muhamedagic <dmuhamedagic@suse.de>
 # 
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
 # License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 # version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 # 
 # This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 # General Public License for more details.
 # 
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
 # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 #
 
-
+minimum_version = '2.4'
 import sys
 
+from distutils import version
+v_min = version.StrictVersion(minimum_version)
+v_this = version.StrictVersion(sys.version[:3])
+if v_min > v_this:
+    sys.stderr.write("abort: minimum python version support is %s\n", \
+        minimum_version)
+    sys.exit(-1)
+
 try:
     import crm.main
 except ImportError:
     sys.stderr.write("abort: couldn't find crm libraries in [%s]\n" %
                      ' '.join(sys.path))
     sys.stderr.write("(check your install and PYTHONPATH)\n")
     sys.exit(-1)
 
 try:
     crm.main.run()
 except KeyboardInterrupt:
     print "Ctrl-C, leaving"
-    sys.exit(1) # Whatever you want
+    sys.exit(1)
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