diff --git a/scripts/cpp_lint.py b/scripts/cpp_lint.py
index 1b7c6c0536c..f750489f4f9 100755
--- a/scripts/cpp_lint.py
+++ b/scripts/cpp_lint.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2009 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 #