diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
index ff98ad8083..556e0830c2 100755
--- a/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap-ansible.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ case ${DISTRO_ID} in
           python-minimal python-dev \
           python3 python3-dev \
           libssl-dev libffi-dev \
-          python3-apt
+          python-apt python3-apt
         ;;
 esac
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ elif [ -n "$HTTP_PROXY" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Figure out the version of python is being used
-PYTHON_EXEC_PATH="$(which python3 || which python2 || which python)"
+PYTHON_EXEC_PATH="${PYTHON_EXEC_PATH:-$(which python3 || which python2 || which python)}"
 PYTHON_VERSION="$($PYTHON_EXEC_PATH -c 'import sys; print(".".join(map(str, sys.version_info[:3])))')"
 
 # Use https when Python with native SNI support is available