diff --git a/roles/fetch-zuul-cloner/templates/zuul-cloner-shim.py.j2 b/roles/fetch-zuul-cloner/templates/zuul-cloner-shim.py.j2
index a922d1ed9..32b3f2285 100644
--- a/roles/fetch-zuul-cloner/templates/zuul-cloner-shim.py.j2
+++ b/roles/fetch-zuul-cloner/templates/zuul-cloner-shim.py.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+#!{{ destination | dirname }}/python
 # Copyright 2017 Red Hat
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may