diff --git a/bin/swift-account-info b/bin/swift-account-info
index f7f10f855e..61c619900c 100755
--- a/bin/swift-account-info
+++ b/bin/swift-account-info
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 # use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
 # of the License at
diff --git a/bin/swift-container-info b/bin/swift-container-info
index 4956722813..8074b22ccd 100755
--- a/bin/swift-container-info
+++ b/bin/swift-container-info
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
 # use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy
 # of the License at
diff --git a/bin/swift-container-sync b/bin/swift-container-sync
index 14d6bc9d7c..b885015703 100755
--- a/bin/swift-container-sync
+++ b/bin/swift-container-sync
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2010-2012 OpenStack Foundation
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/bin/swift-recon b/bin/swift-recon
index 9a068f915e..72f6eeef41 100755
--- a/bin/swift-recon
+++ b/bin/swift-recon
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Christian Schwede <christian.schwede@enovance.com>
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/bin/swift-ring-builder b/bin/swift-ring-builder
index ed1b3843a8..4f85179951 100755
--- a/bin/swift-ring-builder
+++ b/bin/swift-ring-builder
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Christian Schwede <christian.schwede@enovance.com>
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
diff --git a/bin/swift-ring-builder-analyzer b/bin/swift-ring-builder-analyzer
index 18365777f3..6a70105c14 100755
--- a/bin/swift-ring-builder-analyzer
+++ b/bin/swift-ring-builder-analyzer
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (c) 2015 Samuel Merritt <sam@swiftstack.com>
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");