diff --git a/util/dtd_parser/dtd_parser.py b/util/dtd_parser/dtd_parser.py
index 40d70c341b..68045cbc49 100755
--- a/util/dtd_parser/dtd_parser.py
+++ b/util/dtd_parser/dtd_parser.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 # dtd_parser.py - DTD structure parser
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2012 The ChromiumOS Authors.  All rights reserved.
diff --git a/util/exynos/fixed_cksum.py b/util/exynos/fixed_cksum.py
index 66da06025d..6679862160 100755
--- a/util/exynos/fixed_cksum.py
+++ b/util/exynos/fixed_cksum.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2013 Google Inc.
 #
diff --git a/util/exynos/variable_cksum.py b/util/exynos/variable_cksum.py
index 75cdc74f87..9725261aa5 100755
--- a/util/exynos/variable_cksum.py
+++ b/util/exynos/variable_cksum.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2013 Google Inc.
 #
diff --git a/util/ipqheader/ipqheader.py b/util/ipqheader/ipqheader.py
index ebdb9dde91..7615146499 100755
--- a/util/ipqheader/ipqheader.py
+++ b/util/ipqheader/ipqheader.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2013 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
 #
diff --git a/util/ipqheader/mbncat.py b/util/ipqheader/mbncat.py
index 98ae01608a..c4da265f80 100755
--- a/util/ipqheader/mbncat.py
+++ b/util/ipqheader/mbncat.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 # Copyright (c) 2014, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py b/util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py
index 5d464311d8..361912f637 100755
--- a/util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py
+++ b/util/mtkheader/gen-bl-img.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 #
 # This file is part of the coreboot project.
diff --git a/util/rockchip/make_idb.py b/util/rockchip/make_idb.py
index e95f5c2fd7..12ef83c01b 100755
--- a/util/rockchip/make_idb.py
+++ b/util/rockchip/make_idb.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.