diff --git a/bin/ycsb b/bin/ycsb
index 31bf18476e..ca05fad85a 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.
 #
@@ -216,4 +216,4 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    sys.exit(main())
\ No newline at end of file
+    sys.exit(main())