diff --git a/src/soc/qualcomm/ipq40xx/Makefile.inc b/src/soc/qualcomm/ipq40xx/Makefile.inc
index 511cd1188b..07ca023e0b 100644
--- a/src/soc/qualcomm/ipq40xx/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/soc/qualcomm/ipq40xx/Makefile.inc
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_USE_BLOBS),y)
 $(objcbfs)/bootblock.bin: $(call strip_quotes,$(CONFIG_SBL_ELF)) \
 			   $(objcbfs)/bootblock.elf
 	@printf "    CRXBL      $(subst $(obj)/,,$(^)) $(subst $(obj)/,,$(@))\n"
-	@$(CONFIG_SBL_UTIL_PATH)/createxbl.py -f $(CONFIG_SBL_ELF) -s $(objcbfs)/bootblock.elf -o $@ -a 32 -b 32
+	@python $(CONFIG_SBL_UTIL_PATH)/createxbl.py -f $(CONFIG_SBL_ELF) -s $(objcbfs)/bootblock.elf -o $@ -a 32 -b 32
 
 endif