diff --git a/tools/aclissues.py b/tools/aclissues.py
index 330b21fdfd..a0f385bb82 100755
--- a/tools/aclissues.py
+++ b/tools/aclissues.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Tool to generate a patch to remove direct tagging / branch-creating
 # rights for official OpenStack deliverables