diff --git a/policycoreutils/sandbox/start b/policycoreutils/sandbox/start
index e0a0c2c..cdc4a3e 100644
--- a/policycoreutils/sandbox/start
+++ b/policycoreutils/sandbox/start
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python -Es
+#! /usr/bin/python3 -Es
 import subprocess, sys
 rc = [-1,'']
 try: