diff --git a/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/setup.py b/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/setup.py
index daf1089425ddbb84daf46fd7b113d4447f359185..4f7cf042bfe74380a36c040da4969da3ea1e9870 100755
--- a/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/setup.py
+++ b/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 """
 setup.py file for SWIG libfdt
diff --git a/scripts/mailmapper b/scripts/mailmapper
index 922ada6f5fb2ad7f251ce2cb09370b1a04591387..78b23d152d999e31da60e30d5602a18eae99695b 100755
--- a/scripts/mailmapper
+++ b/scripts/mailmapper
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2014, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@jp.panasonic.com>
 #
diff --git a/test/py/test.py b/test/py/test.py
index 74e560a4d33abb9cbffaa071b8fbb50a00098d77..4695079ef715699e9f3b718b1d10d170255d9125 100755
--- a/test/py/test.py
+++ b/test/py/test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Stephen Warren
 # Copyright (c) 2015-2016, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
diff --git a/tools/buildman/buildman.py b/tools/buildman/buildman.py
index 11a4f162c5f13026d3a85f28be6d940cb42319a9..473117ccff7f4ef427f932c10065444654a2a108 100755
--- a/tools/buildman/buildman.py
+++ b/tools/buildman/buildman.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium OS Authors.
 #
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/dtoc.py b/tools/dtoc/dtoc.py
index ce7bc054e5e8c3da88bafb610f16356586d6b07d..6eacfc90a0a7bb28bbe25eef95aa8dba7232cf29 100755
--- a/tools/dtoc/dtoc.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/dtoc.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2016 Google, Inc
 # Written by Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
diff --git a/tools/microcode-tool.py b/tools/microcode-tool.py
index 790c27e45987e197ed450469d6e3791ee48c8be2..069d961d80d00430b03ceba2e6f89edc50499fdd 100755
--- a/tools/microcode-tool.py
+++ b/tools/microcode-tool.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Google, Inc
 #
diff --git a/tools/patman/patman.py b/tools/patman/patman.py
index 4b3bc787453ec30422adc4372ae2b37f01593a5b..7647440be5e9a5b2235d6727ab0e5002b8d27598 100755
--- a/tools/patman/patman.py
+++ b/tools/patman/patman.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium OS Authors.
 #
diff --git a/tools/rkmux.py b/tools/rkmux.py
index 39173359cae7bbf59eeef57b46b57fcff0e88fee..11c192a07375d8cf3409ec2e15ec692d35f48e43 100755
--- a/tools/rkmux.py
+++ b/tools/rkmux.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 # Script to create enums from datasheet register tables
 #