diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
index fd5729c7c0d..53c4133575f 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/facts.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class Facts(object):
             self.get_local_facts()
             self.get_env_facts()
             self.get_dns_facts()
+            self.get_python_facts()
 
     def populate(self):
         return self.facts
@@ -782,6 +783,21 @@ class Facts(object):
             pass
         return size_total, size_available
 
+    def get_python_facts(self):
+        self.facts['python'] = {
+            'version': {
+                'major': sys.version_info[0],
+                'minor': sys.version_info[1],
+                'micro': sys.version_info[2],
+                'releaselevel': sys.version_info[3],
+                'serial': sys.version_info[4]
+            },
+            'version_info': list(sys.version_info),
+            'executable': sys.executable,
+            'type': sys.subversion[0]
+        }
+
+
 class Hardware(Facts):
     """
     This is a generic Hardware subclass of Facts.  This should be further