diff --git a/linkchecker b/linkchecker
index cb3e1028..a9516886 100755
--- a/linkchecker
+++ b/linkchecker
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2000-2011 Bastian Kleineidam
 #
diff --git a/linkchecker-gui b/linkchecker-gui
index 822d80a6..ad926a4e 100755
--- a/linkchecker-gui
+++ b/linkchecker-gui
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Bastian Kleineidam
 #
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 98f73dbe..a5e0bf0f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2000-2011 Bastian Kleineidam
 #