diff --git a/functions-common b/functions-common
index 660df79..8505488 100644
--- a/functions-common
+++ b/functions-common
@@ -2380,13 +2380,28 @@
 }
 
 
+# Return just the <major>.<minor> for the given python interpreter
+function _get_python_version {
+    local interp=$1
+    local version
+    version=$($interp -c 'import sys; print("%s.%s" % sys.version_info[0:2])')
+    echo ${version}
+}
+
 # Return the current python as "python<major>.<minor>"
 function python_version {
     local python_version
-    python_version=$(python -c 'import sys; print("%s.%s" % sys.version_info[0:2])')
+    python_version=$(_get_python_version python2)
     echo "python${python_version}"
 }
 
+function python3_version {
+    local python3_version
+    python3_version=$(_get_python_version python3)
+    echo "python${python_version}"
+}
+
+
 # Service wrapper to restart services
 # restart_service service-name
 function restart_service {