diff --git a/debian/qualify-clang.sh b/debian/qualify-clang.sh
index a4a49384..12ff0461 100755
--- a/debian/qualify-clang.sh
+++ b/debian/qualify-clang.sh
@@ -490,6 +490,10 @@ check_symlink "libclang-cpp.so.$VERSION"
 check_symlink "libclang-$VERSION.so"
 check_symlink "libclang.so"
 
+echo "Testing python clang ..."
+
+python3 -c 'from ctypes import *; import clang.cindex; config = clang.cindex.Config(); verfunc = config.lib.clang_getClangVersion; verfunc.restype = c_char_p ; print(verfunc())'
+
 
 echo "Testing code coverage ..."