diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 9fe2ee54..9092a3e9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ Changes in this release include the following:
   wx.msw.MetafileDC have been moved to the core wx module. So they can now be
   accessed as wx.Metafile and wx.MetafileDC.
 
+* Updated the waf tool used by the build to version 2.0.7. This fixes problems
+  with building for Python 3.7.
+
+
 
 
 
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 4117e85f..518012b1 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ sipMD5 = {
     'linux64'  : 'b349127a4d46452936e4181d96b12c2d',
 }
 
-wafCurrentVersion = '1.7.15-p1'
-wafMD5 = 'e44003373c965f4221bbdc4c9b846128'
+wafCurrentVersion = '2.0.7'
+wafMD5 = '48ac1250bcccd0674cf461937875ce9a'
 
 doxygenCurrentVersion = '1.8.8'
 doxygenMD5 = {
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index d051ebbc..c4bc96fd 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def options(opt):
     if isWindows:
         opt.load('msvc')
     else:
-        opt.load('compiler_cc compiler_cxx')
+        opt.load('compiler_c compiler_cxx')
     opt.load('python')
 
     opt.add_option('--debug', dest='debug', action='store_true', default=False,
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def configure(conf):
         conf.env['MSVC_TARGETS'] = [conf.options.msvc_arch]
         conf.load('msvc')
     else:
-        conf.load('compiler_cc compiler_cxx')
+        conf.load('compiler_c compiler_cxx')
 
     if conf.options.python:
         conf.env.PYTHON = conf.options.python