diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bfa645b80f..c6e355b6d6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -543,9 +543,9 @@ endif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
     ELSE(NOT PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
         # prevent python3 lower than 3.3 (not enough utf8<->unicode tools)
         IF(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 3)
-            IF(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR LESS 5)
-                MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "To build FreeCAD with Python3, you need at least version 3.5\n")
-            ENDIF(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR LESS 5)
+            IF(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR LESS 4)
+                MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "To build FreeCAD with Python3, you need at least version 3.4\n")
+            ENDIF(PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR LESS 4)
         ENDIF(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 3)
     ENDIF(NOT PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
 
diff --git a/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp b/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
index e80f13a853..05fe939a20 100644
--- a/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
+++ b/src/Base/Interpreter.cpp
@@ -476,7 +476,11 @@ const char* InterpreterSingleton::init(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
     if (!Py_IsInitialized()) {
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+#if PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 5
         Py_SetProgramName(Py_DecodeLocale(argv[0],NULL));
+#else
+        Py_SetProgramName(_Py_char2wchar(argv[0],NULL));
+#endif
 #else
         Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
 #endif
@@ -486,7 +490,11 @@ const char* InterpreterSingleton::init(int argc,char *argv[])
         size_t size = argc;
         wchar_t **_argv = new wchar_t*[size];
         for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+#if PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 5
             _argv[i] = Py_DecodeLocale(argv[i],NULL);
+#else
+            _argv[i] = _Py_char2wchar(argv[i],NULL);
+#endif
         }
         PySys_SetArgv(argc, _argv);
 #else
@@ -496,7 +504,11 @@ const char* InterpreterSingleton::init(int argc,char *argv[])
         this->_global = PyEval_SaveThread();
     }
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+#if PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 5
     return Py_EncodeLocale(Py_GetPath(),NULL);
+#else
+    return _Py_wchar2char(Py_GetPath(),NULL);
+#endif
 #else
     return Py_GetPath();
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index 2906b1dbcb..9489a43dfd 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -219,6 +219,53 @@ FreeCADGui_getSoDBVersion(PyObject * /*self*/, PyObject *args)
 #endif
 }
 
+// Copied from https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Objects/moduleobject.c
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+#if PY_MINOR_VERSION <= 4
+static int
+_add_methods_to_object(PyObject *module, PyObject *name, PyMethodDef *functions)
+{
+    PyObject *func;
+    PyMethodDef *fdef;
+
+    for (fdef = functions; fdef->ml_name != NULL; fdef++) {
+        if ((fdef->ml_flags & METH_CLASS) ||
+            (fdef->ml_flags & METH_STATIC)) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
+                            "module functions cannot set"
+                            " METH_CLASS or METH_STATIC");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        func = PyCFunction_NewEx(fdef, (PyObject*)module, name);
+        if (func == NULL) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (PyObject_SetAttrString(module, fdef->ml_name, func) != 0) {
+            Py_DECREF(func);
+            return -1;
+        }
+        Py_DECREF(func);
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int
+PyModule_AddFunctions(PyObject *m, PyMethodDef *functions)
+{
+    int res;
+    PyObject *name = PyModule_GetNameObject(m);
+    if (name == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    res = _add_methods_to_object(m, name, functions);
+    Py_DECREF(name);
+    return res;
+}
+#endif
+#endif
+
 struct PyMethodDef FreeCADGui_methods[] = {
     {"subgraphFromObject",FreeCADGui_subgraphFromObject,METH_VARARGS,
      "subgraphFromObject(object) -> Node\n\n"
diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index e3019495e2..6152930a29 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,11 @@ int main( int argc, char ** argv )
                           "Python version information:\n%4\n")
                           .arg(appName).arg(QString::fromUtf8(e.what()))
 #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+#if PY_MINOR_VERSION >= 5
                           .arg(QString::fromUtf8(Py_EncodeLocale(Py_GetPath(),NULL))).arg(QString::fromLatin1(Py_GetVersion()));
+#else
+                          .arg(QString::fromUtf8(_Py_wchar2char(Py_GetPath(),NULL))).arg(QString::fromLatin1(Py_GetVersion()));
+#endif
 #else
                           .arg(QString::fromUtf8(Py_GetPath())).arg(QString::fromLatin1(Py_GetVersion()));
 #endif