diff --git a/contrib/make_android b/contrib/make_android
index b4748f07a..9fc1cbf18 100755
--- a/contrib/make_android
+++ b/contrib/make_android
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
-
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     import sys, re, shutil, os, hashlib
diff --git a/contrib/make_download b/contrib/make_download
index bf5f9423e..b91a65fde 100755
--- a/contrib/make_download
+++ b/contrib/make_download
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 import sys
 import re
 import hashlib
diff --git a/contrib/make_packages b/contrib/make_packages
index c86bcde66..20ab9834a 100755
--- a/contrib/make_packages
+++ b/contrib/make_packages
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 
 import sys, re, shutil, os, hashlib
 import imp
diff --git a/contrib/sign_packages b/contrib/sign_packages
index 902ad5155..54aeb1411 100755
--- a/contrib/sign_packages
+++ b/contrib/sign_packages
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 
 import sys, re, shutil, os, hashlib
 import imp