diff --git a/SPECS/python2-pip.spec b/SPECS/python2-pip.spec
index 6aa0841..ea4504a 100644
--- a/SPECS/python2-pip.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python2-pip.spec
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 %global upstream_version %{base_version}%{?prerel}
 %global python_wheel_name %{srcname}-%{upstream_version}-py3-none-any.whl
 %global bashcompdir %(pkg-config --variable=completionsdir bash-completion 2>/dev/null)
+%define __python /usr/bin/python2
 
 Name:           python2-%{srcname}
 Version:        %{base_version}%{?prerel:~%{prerel}}