diff --git a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
index f35c8ac5d9a0475d4fa82a5bd899867c7b27072d..c89fdcaf06e812d305073f038bc9fb11fd37d55d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
+++ b/scripts/checkkconfigsymbols.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 """Find Kconfig symbols that are referenced but not defined."""