diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2353a29..8d3d56d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ setup(
             'obfsproxy = obfsproxy.pyobfsproxy:run'
             ]
         },
+    options = {
+        'build_scripts': {
+            'executable': '/usr/bin/python'
+            },
+        },
 
     install_requires = [
         'setuptools',
