diff --git a/bin/ycsb b/bin/ycsb
index 72e218a5..7421e981 100755
--- a/bin/ycsb
+++ b/bin/ycsb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2012 - 2015 YCSB contributors. All rights reserved.
 #