diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7ab4a3c70f6e7b..f42621c12bd32e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 -include config.mk
 
 BUILDTYPE ?= Release
-PYTHON ?= python
+PYTHON ?= python3 
 DESTDIR ?=
 SIGN ?=
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local