diff --git a/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/setup.py b/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/setup.py
index daf1089425..4f7cf042bf 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 922ada6f5f..78b23d152d 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 74e560a4d3..4695079ef7 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 11a4f162c5..473117ccff 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 ce7bc054e5..6eacfc90a0 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 790c27e459..069d961d80 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 4b3bc78745..7647440be5 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 39173359ca..11c192a073 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
 #