diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
index 2408960..559b5de 100755
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/build-installer.py
@@ -1031,8 +1031,7 @@
     buildPythonDocs()
     fn = os.path.join(WORKDIR, "_root", "Applications",
                 "Python %s"%(getVersion(),), "Update Shell Profile.command")
-    patchFile("scripts/postflight.patch-profile",  fn)
-    os.chmod(fn, 0755)
+    patchScript("scripts/postflight.patch-profile",  fn)
 
     folder = os.path.join(WORKDIR, "_root", "Applications", "Python %s"%(
         getVersion(),))
diff --git a/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile b/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
index d03e4d0..aa5e93c 100755
--- a/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
+++ b/Mac/BuildScript/scripts/postflight.patch-profile
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 echo "These changes will be effective only in shell windows that you open"
 echo "after running this script."
 
-PYVER=2.7
-PYTHON_ROOT="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current"
+PYVER="@PYVER@"
+PYTHON_ROOT="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/@PYVER@"
 
 if [ `id -ur` = 0 ]; then
 	# Run from the installer, do some trickery to fetch the information