diff --git a/Doc/Makefile b/Doc/Makefile
index 4b85e9e..53877e6 100644
--- a/Doc/Makefile
+++ b/Doc/Makefile
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 	$(PYTHON) tools/rstlint.py -i tools -i $(VENVDIR) -i README.rst
 
 serve:
-	../Tools/scripts/serve.py build/html
+	$(PYTHON) ../Tools/scripts/serve.py build/html
 
 # Targets for daily automated doc build
 # By default, Sphinx only rebuilds pages where the page content has changed.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-03-17-20-01-41.bpo-36329.L5dJPD.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-03-17-20-01-41.bpo-36329.L5dJPD.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94e5884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-03-17-20-01-41.bpo-36329.L5dJPD.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Declare the path of the Python binary for the usage of
+``Tools/scripts/serve.py`` when executing ``make -C Doc/ serve``.
+Contributed by Stéphane Wirtel