manylinux: Missing libpython with Debian default Python install

I am testing manylinux numpy wheels.

In particular, I am testing this guy: http://nipy.bic.berkeley.edu/manylinux/numpy-1.10.4-cp27-none-linux_x86_64.whl

With a default install, test of Python, starting with either Wheezy or Jessie:

docker run -ti --rm -v $PWD:/io debian:latest /bin/bash
docker run -ti --rm -v $PWD:/io tianon/debian:wheezy /bin/bash

and running this script:

apt-get update 
apt-get install -y python curl 
curl -sLO https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py 
python get-pip.py 
pip install -f https://nipy.bic.berkeley.edu/manylinux numpy nose 
python -c "import numpy; numpy.test()" 

I get this:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/__init__.py", line 180, in <module>
    from . import add_newdocs
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/add_newdocs.py", line 13, in <module>
    from numpy.lib import add_newdoc
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from .type_check import *
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/lib/type_check.py", line 11, in <module>
    import numpy.core.numeric as _nx
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/__init__.py", line 14, in <module>
    from . import multiarray
ImportError: libpython2.7.so.1.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Sure enough, in order for the wheel to work, I need:

apt-get install libpython2.7

Maybe we need to add a check / informative error message for the presence of libpython?