diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 36cddaf..4f5ecd3 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ tests/wr_trace2core.test.c: ./tests/auto/scripts/rwspec.py \
 			./tests/auto/read-write/states.rwspec \
 			./tests/auto/read-write/counters.rwspec \
 			./tests/auto/read-write/measurement_intervals.rwspec
-	python $(srcdir)/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec.py -o $@ $(filter %.rwspec,$^)
+	python2 $(srcdir)/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec.py -o $@ $(filter %.rwspec,$^)
 
 wr_trace2core_test_SOURCES = tests/wr_trace2core.test.c \
 	$(UNIT_TEST_SOURCES)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 2cb03b8..e8d1da9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK, [gtk+-2.0 >= 2.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLIB, [glib-2.0 >= 2.0])
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GLADE, [libglade-2.0 >= 2.0])
 
-CHECK_CUSTOM_PROG(python)
+CHECK_CUSTOM_PROG(python2)
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(sets, true)
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(sys, true)
 AC_PYTHON_MODULE(shlex, true)
diff --git a/m4/python.m4 b/m4/python.m4
index 58686a0..03c9175 100644
--- a/m4/python.m4
+++ b/m4/python.m4
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 AC_DEFUN([AC_PYTHON_MODULE],[
 	AC_MSG_CHECKING(python module: $1)
-	python -c "import $1" 2> /dev/null
+	python2 -c "import $1" 2> /dev/null
 	if test $? -eq 0;
 	then
 		AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
diff --git a/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec.py b/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec.py
index eb88706..497dcf4 100755
--- a/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec.py
+++ b/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Copyright (C) 2016 Andi Drebes <andi.drebes@lip6.fr>
diff --git a/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec_defs.py b/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec_defs.py
index c2a4777..4a3af09 100644
--- a/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec_defs.py
+++ b/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec_defs.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Copyright (C) 2016 Andi Drebes <andi.drebes@lip6.fr>
diff --git a/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec_helpers.py b/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec_helpers.py
index 9744f9a..018ad71 100644
--- a/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/auto/scripts/rwspec_helpers.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!/usr/bin/env python2
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 # Copyright (C) 2016 Andi Drebes <andi.drebes@lip6.fr>