diff --git a/bin/cdist b/bin/cdist
index 4d9cd8a2..06e82cc9 100755
--- a/bin/cdist
+++ b/bin/cdist
@@ -206,6 +206,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         import re
         import sys
 
+        cdistpythonversion = '3.2'
+        if sys.version < cdistpythonversion:
+            print('Cdist requires Python >= ' + cdistpythonversion +
+                ' on the source host.')
+            sys.exit(1)
+
         # Ensure our /lib/ is included into PYTHON_PATH
         sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath(
                 os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), '../lib')))
diff --git a/doc/changelog b/doc/changelog
index 211cdcec..3e1bed97 100644
--- a/doc/changelog
+++ b/doc/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 	* Feature: __addifnosuchline supports matching on 
 		regular expressions (Daniel Maher)
 	* Documentation: (Re)write of the tutorial
+	* Cleanup: Explicitly require Python >= 3.2 (do not fail implicitly)
 
 2.0.4: 2011-11-18
 	* Bugfix core: Remove traceback when sending SIGINT (aka Ctrl-C)