1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/BaseTools/Tests/PythonTest.py b/BaseTools/Tests/PythonTest.py
index ec44c79470..b87c78570e 100644
--- a/BaseTools/Tests/PythonTest.py
+++ b/BaseTools/Tests/PythonTest.py
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
 ## @file
-# Test whether PYTHON_COMMAND is available
+# Test whether PYTHON_COMMAND is available and the
+# minimum Python version is installed.
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2013 - 2018, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 #
 
+import sys
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    print('TRUE')
+    # Check if the major and minor versions required were specified.
+    if len(sys.argv) >= 3:
+        req_major_version = int(sys.argv[1])
+        req_minor_version = int(sys.argv[2])
+    else:
+        # If the minimum version wasn't specified on the command line,
+        # default to 3.6 because BaseTools uses syntax from PEP 526
+        # (https://peps.python.org/pep-0526/)
+        req_major_version = 3
+        req_minor_version = 6
+
+    if sys.version_info.major == req_major_version and \
+       sys.version_info.minor >= req_minor_version:
+        sys.exit(0)
+    else:
+        sys.exit(1)