--- a/autoload/gutentags.vim	Wed Jul 15 23:15:39 2015 -0700
+++ b/autoload/gutentags.vim	Thu Jul 16 21:40:52 2015 -0700
@@ -182,6 +182,17 @@
     endif
 endfunction
 
+" Get final ctags executable depending whether a filetype one is defined
+function! gutentags#get_ctags_executable() abort
+  "Only consider the main filetype in cases like 'python.django'
+  let l:ftype = get(split(&filetype, '\.'), 0, '')
+  if exists('g:gutentags_ctags_executable_{l:ftype}')
+    return g:gutentags_ctags_executable_{l:ftype}
+  else
+    return g:gutentags_ctags_executable
+  endif
+endfunction
+
 " Get the suffix for how to execute an external command.
 function! gutentags#get_execute_cmd_suffix() abort
     if has('win32')