diff -Naur PyBluez-0.18/bluetooth/__init__.py PyBluez-0.18.patch/bluetooth/__init__.py
--- PyBluez-0.18/bluetooth/__init__.py	2009-11-24 09:39:49.000000000 +0100
+++ PyBluez-0.18.patch/bluetooth/__init__.py	2011-11-30 11:41:31.652163261 +0100
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
         _dbg("Widcomm not ready. falling back to MS stack")
         from msbt import *
 
-elif sys.platform == "linux2":
+elif sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
     from bluez import *
 elif sys.platform == "darwin":
     from osx import *
+else:
+    raise Exception("This platform (%s) is currently not supported by pybluez." % sys.platform)
 
 discover_devices.__doc__ = \
     """
diff -Naur PyBluez-0.18/setup.py PyBluez-0.18.patch/setup.py
--- PyBluez-0.18/setup.py	2009-11-25 23:39:55.000000000 +0100
+++ PyBluez-0.18.patch/setup.py	2011-11-30 11:42:45.018457088 +0100
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
                 )
         mods.append (mod2)
     
-elif sys.platform == 'linux2':
+elif sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
     mod1 = Extension('bluetooth._bluetooth',
 		                 libraries = ['bluetooth'],
                          sources = ['bluez/btmodule.c', 'bluez/btsdp.c'])
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
                      sources = ['osx/_osxbt.c']
                      )
     mods = [ mod1 ]
+else:
+    raise Exception("This platform (%s) is currently not supported by pybluez." % sys.platform)
 
 
 setup (	name = 'PyBluez',