diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fe482b9..782a085 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ all: $(BIN) libfdt
 # We need both Python and swig to build pylibfdt.
 .PHONY: maybe_pylibfdt
 maybe_pylibfdt: FORCE
-	if $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags python >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
+	if $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags python2 >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 		if which swig >/dev/null 2>&1; then \
 			can_build=yes; \
 		fi; \
diff --git a/pylibfdt/setup.py b/pylibfdt/setup.py
index 90e80f3..1a1e832 100755
--- a/pylibfdt/setup.py
+++ b/pylibfdt/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 
 """
 setup.py file for SWIG libfdt