diff --git a/tools/binman/binman.py b/tools/binman/binman.py
index e1cb2fbb6f077b664a614ec15e40f77198e31f8d..857d698b4c249994dfa0b0321a2a355fef3d1891 100755
--- a/tools/binman/binman.py
+++ b/tools/binman/binman.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 # Copyright (c) 2016 Google, Inc
 # Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>