diff --git a/contrib/repair_hosts b/contrib/repair_hosts
index ee3717e..e7dd435 100755
--- a/contrib/repair_hosts
+++ b/contrib/repair_hosts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/python2
 # Simple utility to trigger a Repair job on a bunch of hosts.
 #
 # CAVEAT:  no error checking; if any argument isn't a valid