diff --git a/generate_emoji_html.py b/generate_emoji_html.py
index d4263a660..a971fc6ac 100755
--- a/generate_emoji_html.py
+++ b/generate_emoji_html.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 #
diff --git a/materialize_emoji_images.py b/materialize_emoji_images.py
index c5d2858fe..53cb9afb7 100755
--- a/materialize_emoji_images.py
+++ b/materialize_emoji_images.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 #
 # Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 #