diff --git a/build/gyp_uv b/build/gyp_uv
index ce2a64ac3..7d0392f91 100755
--- a/build/gyp_uv
+++ b/build/gyp_uv
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/python
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 import glob
 import os
 import shlex